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ESSEX  INSTITUTE 


HISl^ORICAL  COLLECTIONS 


VOL.  LYI—  1920. 


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CONTENTS. 


Belknap,  Henry  Wyckoff.    The  Burnap-Barnett  Genealogy. 

(Illustrated.) 225,  265 

Beverly  in  1700.  By  Sidney  Perley.  (IW«8«rated.)  .  33,98,209 
Bolton,  Theodore.     John  Hazlitt,  Portrait  Painter,     .        .  293 

Boston  and  Maine  Railroad,    History  of.     By  Francis  B.  C. 

Bradley.  (Illustrated.) 241 

Boxford,   First  Known   Tax  Rate   of.     Communicated  by 

Sidney  Perley.    .        • 297 

Bradlee,  Francis  B.  C.     History  of  the   Boston  and  Maine 

Railroad.  (Illustrated.) 241 

Bradlee,  Francis  B.  0.    Some  Account  of  Steam  Navigation 

in  New  England.  (Illustrated.) 113, 177 

Bradlee,  Francis  B.  0.     The  Dreadnought  of  Newburyport. 

(Illustrated.) 1 

Burbank-Pickering  Memorandum  Book,  Copy  of  the  .  281 
Burnap-Burnett  Genealogy,  The.  By  Henry  Wyckoff  Belk- 
nap. (Illustrated.) 225,  265 

Dreadnought,  The,  of  Newburyport.     Some  account  of  the 

old    Transatlantic    Packet    Ships.     By  Francis  B.    C. 

Bradlee.  (Illustrated.) 1 

Edmunds,   John  H.     Documents  Relating  to  Marblehead, 

Mass.    (Continued.) 70,  156,  202 

Felch-Feltch  Pedigree,  A.     By  Frank  Hervey  Pettingell.     .  148 

Gray,  Edward.    The  William  Grays  in  Salem  in  1797.  .  145 

Hazlitt,  John,  Portrait  Painter.     By  Theodore  Bolton.        .  293 

Holten,  Samuel,  M.  D.,  Journal  of,  while  in  the  Continental 

Congress,  1778-1780.  24,  88 

Howe,  Abraham,  and  Some  of  His  Descendants.     By  M.  V. 

B.  Perley 50 

Marblehead,    Mass.,   Documents  Relating  to.     Copied  by 

John  H.  Edmunds.  (Continued.)  .  .  .  .70,  186,  202 
Marblehead  Harbor,  Petition  for  Protection  of,  in  1727.       .  309 

Newbury  Church  Records.    Dismissions  and  Admissions.  222 

(iii) 


IV  CONTENTS. 

Norfork  County  Kecords,  Old.     (Continued.)          .        .        .  298 
Perley,  M.  V.  B,     Abraham  Howe  and  Some   of  His  De- 
scendants.             50 

Perley,  Sidney.     Beverly  in  1700.  (Illustrated.)    .        .      83,  98,  209 
Perley,  Sidney.     First  Known  Tax  Rate  of  Boxford.    .        .  297 

Pettingell,  Frank  Hervey.     A  Felch-Feltcli  Pedigree.  .        .  148 

Rantoul,  Robert  S.     A  Memoir  of  William  Phineas  Upham. 

(Illustrated.) 161 

Stacey,  Captain  Richard,  of  Marblehead.     By  Harriet  Sil- 
vester Tapley.  (Illustrated.) 81 

Steam  Navigation  in  New  England,  Some  Account  of.     By 

Francis  B.  0.  Bradlee.  (Illustrated.)        ....  113,  177 
Tapley,  Harriet  Silvester.    Captain  Richard  Stacey  of  Mar- 
blehead. (Illustrated.) 81 

Upham,  William  Phineas,  A  Memoir.  By  Robert  S.  Rantoul. 

(Illustrated.) 161 


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HISTORICAL  COLLECTIONS 

OF  THE 

ESSEX  INSTITUTE 

Vol.  LVI  January,  1920  No.  1 

THE  DREADNOUGHT  OF  NEWBURYPORT 

AND     SOME      ACCOUNT      OP     THE     OLD     TRANSATLANTIC 
PACKET    SHIPS. 


By  Francis  B.  C.  Bradlee. 


The  maritime  history  of  Newburyport,  Massachusetts, 
has  never  yet  been  adequately  written.  Many  famous 
vessels  were  owned  and  sailed  from  this  old  Essex  County 
city,  but  not  a  few  ships  were  also  built  in  Newburyport 
for  Boston  and  New  York  merchants,  and  among  the 
best  known  of  these  was  the  "  Dreadnought,"  built  by 
Currier  and  Townsend  in  1853,  and  afterwards  celebrated 
for  making  the  shortest  passage  across  the  Atlantic  ever 
accomplished  by  a  sailing  vessel,  nine  days  and  seventeen 
hours,  from  Sandy  Hook  to  the  pilot-boat  off  Queenstown, 
Ireland.  At  this  period  the  transatlantic  carrying  trade, 
both  passenger  and  freight,  was,  and  had  been  for  many 
years,  controlled  by  American  packet-ships,  as  the  regu- 
lar sailing  liners  were  called,  and  three  out  of  the  five 
lines  of  steamers  then  existing  were  also  under  the  Amer- 
ican flag. 

The  "  Dreadnought  "  was  built  for  the  Red  Cross  line 
of  New  York  and  Liverpool  packets  owned  by  Governor 
E.  D.  Morgan,  Francis  B.  Cutting,  David  Ogden  and 
others  of  New  York ;  she  measured  1400  tons  register, 
200  feet  long,  39  feet  beam,  and  26  feet  depth  of  hold, 
and  was  commanded   by  Capt.  Samuel  Samuels,  who  be- 

(1) 


2  THE  DRBADNOUGHT   OF   NEWBURYPORT 

came  quite  as  famous  as  his  ship.  She  was  launched  in 
the  presence  of  a  large  concourse  of  people  October  6, 
1863,  from  the  yard  at  the  foot  of  Ashland  street,  and 
on  the  third  day  of  November  following  left  for  New 
York  in  tow  of  the  steam-tug  "  Leviathan." 

By  the  sailors  the  "  Dreadnought  "  was  named  "  the 
Wild  Boat  of  the  Atlantic " ;  she  was  what  might  be 
termed  a  semi-clipper,  and  possessed  the  merit  of  being 
able  to  bear  driving  as  long  as  her  sails  and  spars  would 
stand.  It  is  understood  that  her  builders  also  designed 
her,  and  so  deserved  the  greatest  credit,  as  well  for  her 
model  and  fine  lines  as  for  the  strength  and  solidity  of 
her  hull,  which  was  constructed  principally  of  white  oak 
and  yellow  pine.  Twice  the  "  Dreadnought "  carried 
the  latest  news  to  Europe,  slipping  in  between  the  steam- 
ers;  she  was  naturally  a  favorite  among  the  traveling 
public,  and  her  cabin  accommodations  were  usually  en- 
gaged a  season  in  advance.  On  her  westward  voyages 
she  carried  large  numbers  of  emigrants.  At  one  time 
goods  shipped  by  the  "  Dreadnought  "  were  guaranteed 
delivery  within  a  certain  time,  or  freight  charges  would 
be  forfeited. 

In  February,  1854,  her  first  voyage  westward  she 
crossed  the  bar  in  the  river  Mersey  the  day  after  the 
Cunard  steamer  "  Canada  "  sailed  for  Boston,  and  when 
the  news  of  her  arrival  reached  New  York  the  "  Dread- 
nought "  was  reported  off  the  Highlands  of  New  Jersey. 
Her  best  passages  were  as  follows  : 

New  York  to  Liverpool,  December,  1853,  24  days. 

Liverpool  to  New  York,  February,    1854,  19  days. 

New  York  to  Liverpool,  April,  1854,  18  days. 

Liverpool  to  New  York,  June,  1854,  26  days. 

New  York  to  Liverpool,  August,       1854,  80  days. 

Liverpool  to  New  York,  October,      1854,  29  days. 

New  York  to  Liverpool,  December,  1854,  13  days,  11  hours. 

New  York  to  Liverpool,  February,    1856,  15  days. 

New  York  to  Liverpool,  May,  1856,  16  days. 

Liverpool  to  New  York,  February,    1857,  21  days. 

(land  to  land,  15  days). 
New  York  to  Liverpool,  March,        1859,  13  days,  9  hours. 
(Sandy  Hook  to  Queenstown,  9  days,  17  hours). 


BY  FRANCIS  B.   C.   BRADLEK  8 

When  one  takes  into  consideration  the  fickleness  of  the 
elements  and  the  prevalence  of  westerly  gales  in  the 
north  Atlantic  ocean,  the  rapidity  and  especially  the  reg- 
ularity of  the  "  Dreadnought's "  trips  are  wonderful. 
Capt.  Samuels,  in  his  interesting  autobiography,  "  From 
the  Forecastle  to  the  Cabin,"  attributed  his  success  to 
good  discipline  and  to  forcing  the  ship  at  night  as  well  as 
during  the  day.  "  Night,"  he  says,  "  is  the  best  time  to 
try  the  nerve  and  make  quick  passages.  The  best  ship- 
masters that  I  had  sailed  with  were  those  who  were  most 
on  deck  after  fiark,  and  relied  upon  nobody  but  them- 
selves to  carry  canvas.  The  expert  sailor  knows  exactly 
how  long  his  sails  and  spars  will  stand  the  strain,  the 
lubber  does  not,  and  therefore  is  apt  to  lose  both."  It 
may  be  noted  in  passing  that  the  "  Dreadnought  "  car- 
ried the  old-fashioned  single  topsails  that  in  themselves 
"  held  a  whole  gale  of  wind,"  requiring  to  reef  each  one 
a  whole  watch,  as  a  division  of  the  crew  is  called. 

Until  after  the  death  of  Captain  Samuels  in  1908,  no 
doubt  had  ever  been  expressed  as  to  the  rapidity  of  the 
"  Dreadnought's  "  record  trip  of  nine  days  and  seventeen 
hours  from  land  to  land.  Unfortunately  in  the  last  few 
years  a  small  coterie  in  New  York,  jealous  of  Captain 
Samuels'  success,  have  endeavored,  with  no  real  founda- 
tion of  fact,  to  deny  that  the  fast  passage  of  1859  ever 
took  place.  The  author  has  investigated  the  case  with 
the  greatest  care,  and  the  result  as  here  stated  speaks  for 
itself  and  proves,  beyond  a  reasonable  doubt,  that  the 
fastest  voyage  across  the  Atlantic  ocean  ever  made  by  a 
sailing  ship  was  by  the  "  Dreadnought,"  in  nine  days  and 
seventeen  hours,  from  Sandy  Hook  to  the  pilot-boat  off 
Queenstown  harbor,  in  March,  1859.  Some  excuse  is  due 
the  reader  for  the  minuteness  and  repetition  with  which 
the  case  is  stated,  but  those  on  the  other  side  have  worked 
with  such  energy  to  prove  the  record  a  myth,  that  the 
author  thinks  it  is  due  the  memory  of  Captain  Samuels 
and  the  American  merchant  marine  generally  to  clear  up 
beyond  doubt  the  facts  of  the  "  Dreadnought's "  most 
celebrated  voyage. 

In  his  "History  of  the  New  York  Ship  Yards,"  page 
141,  John  H.  Morrison  says  : 


4  THE   DREADNOUGHT   OP  NEWBFRTPOET 

The  log  book  of  the  "  Dreadnought  "  containing  the  record  of 
this  famous  voyage  of  March,  1869,  is  not  in  existence,  so  far  as 
known  to  the  descendants  of  David  Ogden  (the  agent  of  the  Red 
Cross  line).  Captain  Samuels  informed  the  writer  that  on  this 
voyage  he  ran  the  vessel  to  Daunt's  Eock,  communicated  with  the 
pilot-boat  on  the  station  at  the  mouth  of  Cork  harbor  (Queens- 
town),  and  proceeded  on  his  way  to  Liverpool  after  a  very  short 
stop.  The  vessel  left  New  York  harbor  with  a  high  northeast  wind, 
but  about  twelve  hours  later  this  was  succeeded  by  a  high  north- 
westerly wind  on  the  North  Atlantic  coast.  An  examination  of  the 
reports  of  vessels  arriving  at  New  York  from  Great  Britain  after 
the  "Dreadnought"  sailed  from  New  York  on  February  27,  1859, 
till  the  day  of  her  call  off  Cork  harbor,  show  us  that  there  was  a 
succession  of  heavy  westerly  gales  during  the  whole  period  .  .  . 
this  favorable  condition  for  a  fast  eastern  passage  continued  to  the 
time  of  the  stop  off  Queenstown,  but  leaving  there  the  "  Dread- 
nought" encountered  light  head  winds,  and  arrived  at  Liverpool  on 
March  13,  according  to  the  London  Times. 

In  response  to  an  inquiry  by  Mr.  Morrison  while  he 
was  compiling  his  above  mentioned  book,  Capt.  Samuels 
dictated  to  his  daughter  the  following  letters  :^ 

194  Clinton  street  (Brooklyn),  April  2,  1908. 
Dear  Mr.  Morrison:  You  ask  me  for  the  record  voyage  of  the 
"Dreadnought."  We  discharged  the  pilot  at  3  P.  M.,  Feb.  27,  1859, 
off  Sandy  Hook.  We  were  off  Queenstown  at  the  end  of  nine  days, 
seventeen  hours,  when  we  sent  our  mails  ashore  by  a  Cork  pilot- 
boat.*  The  wind  then  became  variable  and  died  down.  In  thirteen 
days,  eight  hours,  we  were  abreast  the  Northwest  Lightship  at  Liv- 
erpool, and  one  hour  later  anchored  in  the  Mersey,  March  12,  noon. 
The  following  will  give  an  idea  of  the  character  of  the  ship  and 
the  time  she  made,  including  the  above.  In  1854  she  made  the  same 
passage  in  thirteen  days,  eleven  hours,  and  six  times  in  succession 
under  sixteen  days,  including  one  run  of  fourteen  days  and  one  of 
fifteen  days. 

Yours,  S.  S. 


'The  author  owns  a  negative  of  the  first  one,  the  original  of  which 
is  in  Miss  Samuel's  handwriting. 

^Although  in  1859  the  mails  were  carried  by  steamer,  the  "Dread- 
nought" was  so  well  known  as  a  fast  ship  that  she  doubtless  carried 
letters  directed  to  be  sent  by  her. 


BY  FRANCIS   B.   C.   BRADLEB  5 

194  Clinton  Street,  April  6, 1908. 
Dear  Sir:    I  regret  I  cannot  give  you  any  further  Information  in 
reference  to  the  "Dreadnought"  in  regard  to  dates.     When  my  leg 
was  broken  in  1862,  the  cabin  was  flooded  in  that   gale,  and  nearly 
all  my  papers  were  destroyed.    What  1  have'  given   you  is  what  I 
have  gathered  from  some  notes  that  I  had  and  some  newspaper  clip- 
pings.     I  will  be  pleased  to  see  you  at  any  time  this   week,   when 
you  may  see  what  I  have  in  regard  to  her  passages. 
Very  truly  yours, 
'  S.  Sahukls,  E.  M.  S. 

In  a  letter  to  Mr.  Morrison^,  dated  June  16,  1908,  Mr. 
C.  F.  Ogden,  whose  father  was  the  New  York  agent  of 
the  '*  Dreadnought,"  says  : — 

In  reply  to  your  letter  I  would  beg  to  say  that  I  have  no  idea 
where  the  log  book  of  the  '^  Dreadnought "  could  be  found.  It  is 
certainly  true  that  the  voyage  was  made  in  that  time,  as  I  well  re- 
member. 

Very  truly, 

0.   F.   OODEN. 

The  New  York  Herald  of  April  1,  1905,  and  the  New 
York  World  of  June  5,  1905,  contain  personal  interviews 
with  the  late  Capt.  Samuels  in  which  he  distinctly  claims 
the  nine  day  and  seventeen  hours  record.  Finally,  for 
many  years  previous  to  his  death,  Capt.  Samuels  was 
president  of  the  New  York  Marine  Journal  and  Miss 
Schanze  at  first  stenographer,  and  now  assistant  editor  of 
that  paper,  affirms  that  Capt.  Samuels  not  only  often 
spoke  to  her  of  the  record  passage,  but  even  dictated 
notes  in  regard  to  it.  (See  Marine  Journal,  June  30, 
1917.)  This  is  confirmed,  also,  in  letters  to  the  author 
by  Capt.  George  L.  Norton,  the  present  editor  of  the 
Marine  Journal,  and  by  Miss  Edith  Samuels  herself.  It 
is  unfortunate  that  Capt.  Samuels  in  his  book  makes  no 
mention  of  the  nine  day  and  seventeen  hours  transatlantic 
passage,  although  he  devotes  quite  a  little  space  to  the 
"  Dreadnought,"  alluding  to  two  or  three  of  her  fast  runs, 
but  the  exact  dates  are  not  always  given. 

The  famous  mutiny  on  board  the  "  Dreadnought " 
(August,  1859),  in  which  only  the  iron  will  and  bravery 

'Printed  in  the  New  York  Sun,  May  21,  1917. 


6  THE  DREADNOUGHT   OF  NEWBURYPORT 

of  the  captain  saved  the  lives  of  the  officers  and  passen- 
gers, as  well  as  the  ship,  furnishes  one  of  the  most  ex- 
citing episodes  in  the  history  of  the  old  transatlantic 
packet-ships.  It  happened  that  the  entire  crew  had  been 
shipped  in  Liverpool  from  a  class  of  the  most  lawless  and 
bloodthirsty  rascals  that  ever  made  a  port  notorious. 
They  were  a  fraternity  of  criminals,  whose  name  was  a 
terror  to  shipmasters,  and  two  or  three  of  whom  would 
disorganize  any  well-meaning  crew.  They  had  a  particu- 
lar grudge  against  Samuels,  and  had  been  for  some  time 
waiting  an  opportunity  to  vent  it,  and,  when  he  coolly 
accepted,  contrary  to  advice,  an  entire  crew  of  their  num- 
ber, they  imagined  that  the  opportunity  had  come. 

As  the  "  Dreadnought "  lay  in  the  Mersey  before  sail- 
ing, the  captain  quietly  informed  them  that  he  knew  their 
designs,  and  began  operations  by  sending  every  man  to 
the  carpenter  to  have  the  point  of  his  knife  broken.  The 
next  morning  at  sea  the  sluggishness  and  sullenness  of  the 
men  indicated  the  brewing  trouble.  The  man  at  the 
wheel,  when  reprimanded,  tried  to  draw  his  knife,  but 
Samuels  knocked  him  down.  He  was  put  in  irons,  and 
the  crew  came  aft,  refusing  to  go  to  work  until  he  was 
released.  Capt.  Samuels  ordered  them  to  their  places  ; 
they  refused,  and  the  promised  mutiny  was  a  fact.  While 
the  crew  rushed  forward,  the  captain  went  down  to  his 
cabin  and  armed  himself.  He  had  only  one  officer  (the 
third),  Whitehorn,  to  help  him  in  the  emergency,  the 
chief  officer  being  an  old  man  and  the  second  a  coward. 

Capt.  Samuels  then  went  forward,  leaving  Whitehorn 
at  the  wheel,  and  at  the  end  of  the  deckhouse  the  crew 
rushed  at  him  with  their  newly  pointed  knives.  Backing 
away  from  them  with  revolvers  loaded,  the  captain  went 
aft,  and  tried  starvation  to  bringr  them  to  reason.  The 
crew  set  a  watch  to  prevent  the  forecastle  hatch  from 
being  battened  down,  and  the  night  passed  away.  The 
royals  were  furled  at  3.30  in  the  morning  by  the  officers 
and  boys,  the  men  refusing,  and  in  the  forenoon  the  cap- 
tain helped  the  third  officer  to  work  tacks  and  sheets  when 
they  tacked  ship.  Fifty-six  hours  thus  passed  without 
any  sleep  aft   or   food   forward.     The   mutiny    was  fast 


BY  FRANCIS   B.   0.   BRADLEB  7 

coming  to  a  head  and  bloodshed  was  imminent.  The  cap- 
tain got  seventeen  Germans  from  among  the  emigrants  to 
stand  by  him  and  armed  them  with  iron  bare.  Hatches 
were  fastened  down  and  the  deck  barricaded  to  prevent 
some  of  the  steerage  passengers,  who  had  also  given 
trouble,  from  joining  forces  with  the  crew. 

At  three  o'clock  in  the  morning  the  captain,  backed  by 
Whitehorn  and  his  dog,  went  forward  prepared  for  the 
encounter.     Capt.  Samuels  tells  the  story  as  follows  : 

When  the  dog  reached  the  corner  of  the  house  a  deep  growl 
indicated  that  someone  was  hidden  forward  of  it.  Having  learned 
that  Casey  and  Sweeney  were  the  ones  to  make  the  attack,  I  pro- 
ceeded caationsly,  with  revolver  in  hand,  to  the  edge  of  the  house, 
when  they  both  jumped  from  behind  it  toward  me,  with  arms  up- 
lifted and  knives  in  hand  ready  to  strike.  In  an  instant  I  levelled 
my  pistol  at  Casey,  while  the  dog  jumped  at  Sweeney's  throat. 
Casey,  seeing  his  danger,  backed  to  the  forecastle  scuttle,  while  the 
other  two  men  yelled  down  the  forecastle:  "Jump  up,  boys!  We've 
got  him!  Let's  murder  him  now!"  With  shouts  and  oaths  they 
rushed  on  deck,  determined  to  finish  their  work.  They  had  planned 
during  the  night  that  some  were  to  go  around,  while  others  were  to 
clamber  over  the  house  and  make  an  attack  on  flank  and  rear.  In 
this  movement,  however,  they  were  checked  by  the  Germans,  who 
arose  from  behind  their  barricade  and  felled  the  ringleaders  with 
their  iron  bars.  Seeing  themselves  defeated  and  me  re-enforced, 
they  retreated  to  the  starboard  side  forward,  where  I  held  them  at 
bay  with  revolver  levelled  and  hammer  raised. 

After  a  short  and  decisive  parley,  the  men  gave  in,  and 
"  one  knife  after  another  went  spinning  overboard  to  lee- 
ward just  as  the  sun  was  rising,  and  a  more  gratifying 
sight  I  never  saw  than  those  gleaming  blades  dropping 
into  the  ocean." 

So  celebrated  did  the  "  Dreadnought "  become  that  the 
western  ocean  sailors  composed  the  following  song,  or 
**  chantey,"  about  her,  which  used  to  be  sung,  with  many 
variations,  dependent  somewhat  on  the  singer,  on  Eng- 
lish speaking  ships,  some  forty  years  ago : 


i  THE  DREADNOUGHT   OP  NEWBURYPORT 

THE   "DREADNOUGHT." 

There's  a  saoey  wild  packet,  a  packet  of  fame, 
She  belongs  to  New  York,  and  the  Dreadnought's  her  name. 
She  is  bound  to  the  westward,  where  the  strong  winds  do  blow, 
Bound  away  in  the  Dreadnought  to  the  westward  we'll  go. 

The  time  of  her  sailing  is  now  drawing  nigh, 

Farewell,  pretty  maids,  I  must  wish  you  good-by. 

Farewell  to  old  England  and  all  we  hold  dear; 

Bound  away  in  the  Dreadnought  to  the  westward  we'll  steer. 

Oh,  the  Dreadnought  is  hauling  out  of  Waterloo  dock, 
Where  the  boys  and  girls  on  the  pier-head  do  flock. 
They  will  give  us  three  cheers,  while  the  tears  freely  flow, 
Saying,  "  God  bless  the  Dreadnought  where'er  she  may  go." 

Oh,  the  Dreadnought  is  waiting  in  the  Mersey  so  free. 
For  the  Independence  to  tow  her  to  sea, 
For  to  round  that  Rock  Light  where  the  Mersey  does  flow, 
Bound  away  in  the  Dreadnought  to  the  westward  we'll  go. 

Now  the  Dreadnought's  a-bowling  down  the  wild  Irish  Sea, 
Her  passengers  merry  with  hearts  full  of  glee. 
Her  sailors  like  lions  walk  the  decks  to  and  fro. 
She's  the  Liverpool  packet — O,  Lord,  let  her  go  I 

Now  the  Dreadnought's  a-sailing  the  Atlantic  so  wide. 
Where  the  high  rolling  seas  roll  along  her  black  side, 
With  her  sails  tautly  set  for  the  red  cross  to  show. 
She's  the  Liverpool  packet — O,  Lord,  let  her  go! 

Now  the  Dreadnought's  becalmed  on  the  Banks  of  Newfoundland, 
Where  the  water's  so  green  and  the  bottom's  all  sand, 
Where  those  fish  of  the  ocean  do  swim  to  and  fro, 
Bound  away  in  the  Dreadnought  to  the  westward  we'll  go. 

Now  the  Dreadnought's  arrived  in  New  York  once  more. 
So  go  ashore,  shipmates,  to  the  land  we  adore ; 
With  wives  and  with  sweethearts  so  merry  we'll  be. 
And  drink  to  the  Dreadnought  wherever  we  be. 

Then  a  health  to  the  Dreadnought  and  to  her  brave  crew, 
To  bold  Captain  Samuels  and  his  officers  too; 
Talk  about  your  flash  packets.  Swallow  Tail  and  Black  Ball, 
The  Dreadnought's  the  flier  that  can  lick  them  all. 


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BY  FRANCIS   B.   C.   BRADLEE  9 

Another  exciting  episode  in  the  "Dreadnought's"  career 
occurred  in  February,  1862,  when  she  was  bound  to  the 
westward  and  had  reached  that  part  of  the  Atlantic 
known  as  the  "  tempestuous  forties "  or  the  "  Devil's 
blow-hole."  In  the  midst  of  a  furious  gale  the  ship  was 
struck  by  a  heavy  sea,  which  broke  Capt.  Samuel's  right 
leg  and  would  have  carried  him  overboard  but  for  his 
timely  seizure  by  two  sailors.  As  he  lay  in  the  cabin, 
prevented  from  amputating  his  broken  limb  only  by  those 
around  him  (the  "  Dreadnought  "  did  not  carry  a  doctor 
on  that  trip),  the  news  came  down  that  the  rudder  had 
been  carried  away. 

The  ship  lay  for  three  days  in  the  trough  of  the  sea, 
while  the  crew,  under  the  disabled  commander's  orders, 
were  constructing  a  new  rudder.  This  was  lost  in  setting 
it,  and  then,  all  efforts  to  turn  the  ship's  head  southward 
by  means  of  drags  having  been  found  useless,  the  captain 
had  furled  all  the  head  sails  and  all  the  canvas  on  the 
foremast,  set  all  the  square  sails  on  the  mizzen-mast,  the 
whole  of  the  maintopsail  and  the  starboard  clew  of  the 
mainsail,  and  threw  sharp  back  every  sail  that  was  set. 
By  keeping  the  sails  trimmed  flat  back,  the  ship  was 
sailed  backward  for  280  miles  towards  the  nearest  harbor, 
Fayal.  By  the  time  the  port  was  reached  the  second  rud- 
der was  shipped,  and  they  anchored  safely.  It  took 
fifty-one  days  to  repair  the  ship,  and,  when  she  was  ready, 
the  captain,  who  had  been  hoisted  over  the  side  on  a 
mattress,  went  aboard  with  his  leg  in  splints,  having  re- 
fused to  leave  Fayal  without  her,  notwithstanding  the 
poor  surgical  treatment  the  Azores  Islands  afforded. 

Before  the  advent  of  the  "Dreadnought"  in  1853,  the 
Red  Cross  line  of  New  York  and  Liverpool  packets  had 
consisted  of  six  other  first  class  ships,  the  "St.  George," 
••St.  Patrick,"  "Highflyer,"  '•Andrew  Forster,"  "Driver," 
and  ••Racer."  Strange  to  say,  every  one  of  these  vessels 
but  one  was  lost  before  the  ••Dreadnought"  was  completed, 
and  that  one  very  soon  after,  leaving  her  in  solitary  state 
on  the  line.  The  "St.  George"  was  burned  in  the  Chops 
of  the  British  Channel,  and  the  "St.  Patrick"  was 
wrecked  on  the  New  Jersey  coast,  but  with  no  loss  of  life. 


10  THE  DREADNOUGHT   OP  NBWBURYPORT 

Not  80  fortunate  was  the  "Highflyer  ;"  after  making 
several  very  fast  transatlantic  trips,  includinof  one  of  21 
days,  Liverpool  to  New  York,  in  J'ebruary,  1855,  she  was 
chartered  for  a  voyage  from  New  York  to  San  Francisco 
and  Hong  Kong,  and  was  never  heard  from  after  leaving 
San  Francisco  in  October,  1856.  It  was  supposed  that 
she  had  been  destroyed  by  Chinese  pirates  and  that  they 
had  murdered  the  crew.  The  "  Driver,"  bound  to  New 
York  from  Liverpool,  was  "missing,"  with  over  600  souls 
on  board,  emigrants  and  crew.  The  "Racer"  was  lost  on 
Blackwater  Bank,  in  the  Irish  Channel,  but  no  lives  lost ; 
and  the  "Andrew  Forster"  was  run  into,  also  in  the  Irish 
Channel,  and  two  lives  were  lost.  The  "Racer,"  of  1669 
tons,  completed  in  1851,  and  the  "Highflyer"  of  1195 
tons,  completed  in  1853,  and  built  at  Newburyport  by 
Currier  and  Townsend,  were  among  the  last  vessels  con- 
structed by  them  before  they  went  out  of  business  in 
1856.  Towards  the  end  of  the  1860's  the  iron  screw-pro- 
pelled steamers  had  driven  off  many  of  the  transatlantic 
packet-ships,  and  among   these    was  the  "Dreadnought." 

In  1869,  while  she  was  bound  from  Liverpool  to  San 
Francisco,  in  charge  of  Capt.  Mayhew,  when  off  Cape 
Horn,  a  calm  prevailed,  and  it  was  finally  noticed  that 
the  current  of  the  ocean  was  forcing  the  ship  towards  the 
land.  Every  effort  was  made,  with  all  hands  in  the  boats 
trying  to  keep  her  off  until  a  breeze  prevailed,  but  it  was 
of  no  use,  and  the  "Dreadnought"  finally  went  ashore 
and  became  a  total  loss.  For  three  weeks  before  relief 
came  the  crew  suffered  terribly  from  exposure  and  want. 
All  hands  had  to  keep  in  the  open  boats  out  at  sea  at 
night,  and  land  in  the  daytime  to  watch,  sleep  and  eat, 
until  finally  they  were  taken  off  by  a  passing  ship. 

A  short  account  of  the  old  transatlantic  packet  service 
in  general  may  not  be  out  of  place  here.  As  far  back  as 
1756  the  British  government  had  begun  a  packet  and  mail 
service  between  Falmouth,  England  and  New  York,  with 
monthly  departures.  This  service  worked  well  up  to 
and  during,  the  Revolution  and  for  many  years  after,  ex- 
cept that  when  the  United  States  became  independent, 
Halifax  was  made  the  American  terminus  instead  of  New 


BY   FRANCIS   B.   C.  BRADLEE  11 

York.  The  British  mail-packets  were,  generally,  brigs  of 
not  over  200  tons  each,  known  as  "coffin  brigs,"  as  so 
many  of  them  had  succumbed  beneath  the  wintry  waves 
of  the  North  Atlantic. 

In  the  years  just  preceding  the  Revolution  there  were 
also,  several  regular  traders,  owned  in  Boston,  plying 
between  Boston  and  London ;  the  best  known  of  these 
were  the  "Boston  Packet"  (owned  by  John  Hancock), 
Capt.  John  Marshall,  and  the  "London  Packet,"  Capt. 
Robert  Calef.  Neither  of  these  vessels  was  over  300 
tons.  Late  in  the  eighteenth  century,  Liverpool  began 
to  be  substituted  for  London  as  the  English  port,  the 
coarser  and  bulkier  cargoes  coming  from  Liverpool,  and 
the  finer  goods  being  shipped  from  London.  For  some 
time  after  the  close  of  the  Revolution  everything  was  in 
such  a  disorganized  condition  that  while  there  were  plenty 
of  transient  ships,few  regular  packets  plied  on  the  Atlantic. 

Before  the  Revolution  Americans  had  imported  the 
larger  part  of  their  manufactured  articles  from  Great 
Britain.  Beginning  in  1783,  St.  Jean  de  Crevecoeur,  the 
newly  appointed  French  consul  general  to  the  United 
States,  attempted  to  change  the  course  of  trade  and  made 
plans  whereby  France  might  supply  our  demand  for 
European  goods.  To  bring  the  two  countries  closer  to- 
gether he  founded  the  Gallo- American  Society,  which  had 
but  a  short  career,  and  also  induced  the  French  govern- 
ment to  start  a  packet  service  between  Lorient  and  New 
York.  The  French  line  was  .subsidized  by  the  govern- 
ment, the  ships  formed  part  of  the  French  navy  and  were 
commanded  by  naval  officers,  but,  strange  to  say,  the  en- 
tire service  was  managed,  or  rather  mis-managed,  by  a 
private  banking  house  in  Paris. 

Unlike  the  majority  of  ships  at  that  time,  these  packets 
were  copper-bottomed.  They  carried  only  the  mail,  a 
few  passengers,  and  a  small  amount  of  light  and  valu- 
able freight.  Each  vessel  measured  about  300  tons,  the 
size  of  a  small  modern  three-masted  schooner.  The 
names  of  some  of  the  best  known  were  the  "  Courrier 
de  I'Europe,"  '*  Courrier  de  1'  Amerique,"  "  Marechal  de 
Castries,"  etc.     The  last  named  ship,    through  the  repre- 


1%  THB  DREADNOUGHT   OP   NBWBURYPORT 

sentations  of  de  Crevecoeur,  was  built  in  Boston  by  John 
Peck,  a  well  known  shipbuilder  of  his  day.  This  was 
done  in  order  to  show  off  the  superior  merits,  in  de 
Crevecoeur's  opinion,  of  American-built  ships.  It  is  in- 
teresting to  note  that  at  this  time,  1784-92,  the  rate  of 
postage  for  a  single  letter  under  half  an  ounce  from  New 
York  to  Lorient  was  20  cents.  Strange  as  it  may  seem, 
this  was  actually  less  than  was  paid  for  single  letters  to 
France  as  late  as  the  1860's. 

Early  in  1805  the  Boston  Importing  Co.  was  formed, 
to  operate  vessels,  and  also  import  and  export  goods  be- 
tween Boston,  Liverpool  and  London.  J.  W.  Storrow 
was  the  treasurer  of  this  concern,  and  Ammidon  and 
Boyle  were  the  agents.  In  May,  1805,  they  advertised 
the  ship  "  Sally,"  Capt.  Seth  Webber,  "  intended  for  a 
regular  ship  between  this  port  and  Liverpool,  323  tons, 
coppered  to  the  bends,  and  having  elegant  accommoda- 
tions for  passengers."  This  vessel  and  others  named  the 
"  Packet  "  and  the  "  Romeo  "  were  run  between  Boston 
and  Liverpool  in  1806  by  the  Boston  Importing  Co. 

In  addition  to  the  ordinary  dangers  of  the  seas,  Ameri- 
can commerce  at  this  time  was  subjected  to  great  annoy- 
ance, disaster  and  loss,  in  connection  with  the  tremendous 
struggle  then  in  progress  between  Great  Britain  and 
France.  What  with  the  British  Orders  in  Council  on  the 
one  hand  and  French  Decrees  on  the  other,  it  is  marvel- 
lous that  the  New  England  merchants  were  able  to  main- 
tain their  position  on  the  ocean  at  all.  The  Boston  Im- 
porting Company's  ship  "  Sally  "  was  "  sequestered  "  at 
San  Sebastian  in  1810,  but  finally  was  released  in  order 
to  bring  home  the  American  minister  to  France,  General 
Armstrong.  Owing  to  this  and  the  fact  that  another  of 
their  ships,  the  "  Packet",  had  been  seized  for  sometime 
at  Hamburg,  the  Boston  Importing  Company  became  in- 
volved in  financial  troubles  and  its  affairs  were  settled. 

In  1816  the  ship  "  Palladium,"  of  341  tons,  was  built 
at  Salem,  under  the  superintendence  of  Capt.  John  White, 
and  was  considered  then  the  best  constructed  vessel  ever 
produced  in  that  city.  She  was  intended  to  be  a  regular 
packet  between  Salem  and   Liverpool,   and  nearly  every 


BY  FRANCIS   B.   C.   BRADLEE  13 

business  or  professional  man  in  Salem  and  many  in  Dan- 
vers  owned  shares  in  her.  The  enterprise  originated  with 
the  traders  on  Essex  street,  the  dealers  in  dry  goods  and 
hardware,  and  could  they  have  kept  it  in  their  own  hands, 
the  project  might  have  been  successful,  but  they  called  in 
the  assistance  of  other  parties,  who  changed  the  whole 
programme,  and  the  "  Palladium  "  was  sent  to  Calcutta 
instead  of  Liverpool,  and  finally  sold  to  Boston  owners 
in  December,  1817. 

The  Boston  and  Liverpool  Packet  Company  was  or- 
ganized in  1821.  They  tried  to  get  a  charter  from  the 
Massachusetts  Legislature  and  failed,  but  nevertheless  ran 
several  ships,  the  "Amethyst,"  "Topaz,"  "Sapphire," 
and  "Emerald,"  between  Boston  and  Liverpool,  but  the 
enterprise  soon  failed.  Very  little  can  be  learned  about 
it,  except  that  it  appears  to  have  been  the  first  company 
to  name  its  ships  on  a  definite  plan.  The  history  of  the 
"  Topaz  "  was  a  tragical  one.  On  her  way  from  Calcutta 
to  Boston,  in  1829  or  1830,  in  charge  of  Capt.  Brewster, 
she  was  destroyed  by  pirates  in  the  vicinity  of  St.  Helena, 
and  every  one  on  board  murdered. 

A  third  Liverpool  packet  line  was  organized  in  Boston 
in  1827  by  Henry  Hall,  Joshua  Blake,  David  Henshaw 
and  others.  They  also  tried  to  get  a  charter  from  the 
Legislature,  but  failed.  Notwithstanding  they  had  built 
for  them  at  Medford,  by  Thatcher  Magoun,  several  ships 
of  the  highest  class,  especially  designed  for  passenger  ves- 
sels :  the  '*  New  England,"  "Lowell,"  "Trenton,"  "Plym- 
outh," "  Dover,"  "  Boston,"  and  "  Liverpool,"  all  alike, 
and  measuring  between  400  and  500  tons  each. 

A  plan  of  the  "Dover,"  owned  by  the  author,  reveals 
the  fact  that  she  was  exceedingly  well  fitted  up  for  trav- 
ellers, having  comfortable  staterooms,  library,  bath  room, 
etc.,  which  are  only  supposed  to  be  adjuncts  of  the  mod- 
ern steam  liner.  Jabez  Howes  and  Ira  Bursley  were  the 
best  known  captains  of  the  line  ;  George  G.  Jones  was 
the  Boston  agent,  and,  according  to  the  advertisement, 
"  mattresses,  bedding,  wines  and  all  other  stores  were  to 
be  furnished  to  passengers  in  the  cabin,  and  for  them  the 
fare  to  Liverpool  was  to  be   $140."     The  "  Boston  "  was 


14  THE  DREADNOUGHT   OP   NEWBURYPORT 

struck  by  lightning  and  burnt  May  26,  1830,  a  few  days 
out  from  Charleston,  S.  C,  on  her  way  to  Liverpool.  This 
packet  line  ceased  operations,probably  owing  to  hard  times, 
about  1833,  as  no  trace  of  it  can  be  found  after  that. 

By  far  the  best  known  line  of  Boston  and  Liverpool 
packet-ships  was  the  one  started  in  1844  by  Enoch  Train 
of  Boston  and  known  as  the  "  White  Diamond  line." 
The  first  ships  advertised  were  the  *'  Dorchester,"  500 
tons;  "  Cairo,"  600  tons ;  "Governor  Davis,"  800  tons, 
and  the  "  St.  Petersburg,"  800  tons  ;  "  all  first  class  Med- 
ford-built,copper-fastened,  coppered  and  fast-sailing  ships," 
Mr.  Train  afterwards  added  to  his  fleet  the  following  ves- 
sels ;  "Joshua  Bates,"  "  Anglo-Saxon,"  "  Anglo-Ameri- 
can," *' Washington  Irving,"  "  Ocean  Monarch,"  "Par- 
liament," "  Daniel  Webster,"  "  Star  of  Empire,"  "Chariot 
of  Fame,"  "Staffordshire,"  "Bostonian,"  and  "John 
Eliot  Thayer."  Most  of  the  latter  ships  were  built  by  the 
celebrated  Donald  McKay  at  East  Boston,  and  were  large 
for  their  day,  ranging  from  1000  to  1500  tons  each.  They 
were  especially  designed  for  the  emigrant  trade  and  car- 
ried large  numbers  of  steerage  passengers. 

Contrary  to  general  belief,  the  packet-ships  belonging 
to  the  various  lines  were  not  of  the  clipper  type,  with 
the  exception  of  the  "  Dreadnought,"  "  Racer,"  "  Staf- 
fordshire," and  a  few  others.  The  packets  were  built 
with  more  or  less  full  lines,  poops  extending  nearly  to  the 
mainmast,  and  great  breadth  of  beam,  thus  insuring  large 
carrying  capacity  combined  with  strength  of  hull.  They 
were  not  intended  for  extreme  speed,  and  when  they  did 
make  rapid  passages  it  was  entirely  owing  to  the  good 
seamanship  of  the  commanders  in  carrying  a  heavy  press 
of  canvas.  Nevertheless  the  "  Ocean  Monarch  ",  which 
sailed  from  Boston  in  March,  1848,  four  hours  after  the 
Cunard  steamer  "  Brittania,"  arrived  in  the  Mersey  on 
the  same  day,  both  making  the  passage  in  15  days. 

Several  of  the  Train  ships  came  to  grief :  the  "  Ocean 
Monarch"  was  burnt  just  outside  Liverpool,  Aug.  24, 
1848 ;  the  "  Staffordshire "  was  wrecked  on  the  Nova 
Scotia  coast,  Dec.  30,  1853,  and  the  "  Cathedral "  thrown 


BY  FRANCIS   B.   C.    BRADLEE  15 

on  her  beam  ends  and  wrecked  off  Cape  Horn  (on  a  char- 
tered voyage),  in  1857  ;  all  with  the  loss  of  many  lives* 
Caldwell,  Murdock,  Thayer,  Richardson,  etc.,  were  among 
the  best  known  captains  in  the  White  Diamond  line.  Mr. 
Train  failed  during  the  panic  of  1867  ;  his  successors, 
Thayer  and  Warren,  afterwards  Warren  and  Company, 
gradually  substituted  chartered  British  steamers  for  sail- 
ing vessels  in  the  Boston  and  Liverpool  trade.  Later 
they  owned  many  fine  steamers  under  the  British  flag, 
known  as  the  Warren  line,  which  lasted  until  1913. 

The  last  packet-ship  in  the  North  Atlantic  was  the  well 
known  barque  "  Sarah,"  owned  by  E.  A.  Adams  and  Co. 
of  Boston  and  operated  by  them  between  the  latter  port 
and  the  Azores  until  1895.  This  was  before  there  was 
any  regular  steam  communication  between  those  islands 
and  the  United  States,  and  the  "  Sarah  "  was  always  well 
patronized,  carrying  ten  or  twenty  passengers  in  the  cabin 
and  several  hundreds  in  the  steerage.  She  was  built  at 
Stockton,  Maine,  in  1871,  measured  530  tons,  135  feet 
long,  31  feet  beam,  and  her  commander  while  in  the 
Azores  trade  was  Capt.  Lewis  R.  Hale. 

The  era  of  packet-ships  was  brought  into  existence  by 
the  demands  of  the  increasing  trade  between  the  United 
States  and  Europe  at  the  close  of  the  war  of  1812.  A 
pioneer  line  from  New  York  was  the  famous  Black  Ball 
line  (so  called  because  its  ships  had  a  large  black  ball 
painted  on  their  foretopsails  as  a  distinguishing  mark  at 
sea ;  the  Red  Cross  line  carried  a  red  cross  in  the  same 
manner,  Enoch  Train's  vessels  a  black  T,  and  so  on), 
founded  in  1816,  with  the  "  New  York,"  "Canada,"  "Pa- 
cific," "  James  Munroe,"  etc.,  each  about  400  tons,  con- 
sidered large  in  those  days,  and  full  ship-rigged.  Their 
passenger  accommodations  were  very  fine  and  a  great 
advance  over  anything  then  existing.  One  or  another  of 
these  packets  sailed  from  New  York  regularly  on  the  first 
day  of  the  month,  and  during  the  first  nine  years  their 
average  time  for  sailing  to  Liverpool  was  23  days, 
and  for  returning  home  40  days,  but  the  "  Canada  "  once 
made  the  outward  trip  in  15  days  18  hours. 

From  1836,  when  Charles  H.  Marshall  and  Co.  became 
the  principal  owners  of  the  Black  Ball  line,    the  number 


16  THE  DBBADNOUGHT   OF   NEWBTJRYPORT 

of  its  vessels  was  increased  by  the  accession  of  the  "Ox- 
ford," "  Cambridge,"  "  Montezuma,"  "  Yorkshire,"  "  De- 
vonshire," "Fidelia,"  "Columbia,"  "Isaac  Webb,"  "Alex- 
ander Marshall,"  and  many  others.  The  "Isaac  Webb" 
was  perhaps  one  of  the  best  known  of  their  vessels  ;  she 
was  built  by  Wm.  H.  Webb  at  New  York  in  1850,  of 
live  oak,  locust  and  cedar,  188  feet  long,  40  feet  beam, 
with  three  full  decks,  and  a  registered  tonnage  of  1300. 
She  often  made  the  voyage  to  Liverpool  in  16  or  17  days, 
but  finally  foundered  in  mid-Atlantic  in  the  autumn  of 
1881,  owing  to  the  shifting  of  her  cargo  of  railroad  iron 
while  bound  from  Antwerp  to  New  York,  in  charge  of 
Capt.  W.  W.  Urquhart.  Her  loss  was  practically  the  end 
of  the  old  Black  Ball  line. 

In  1821  Byrnes,  Grimble  and  Co.  started  another  New 
York  and  Liverpool  line  called  the  Red  Star,  with  the 
"  Panther,"  **  Hercules,"  etc.,  which  sailed  on  the  twenty- 
fourth  of  each  month.  Then  followed  the  Swallow  Tail 
line,  with  the  "George  Washington,"  «' Pennsylvania," 
etc.,  and  in  1836  Mr.  E.  K.  Collins  founded  what  was 
known  as  the  Dramatic  line,  the  ships  of  this  line  being 
named  after  celebrated  actors,  such  as  "  Roscius,"  '*  Sid- 
dons,"  "  Garrick,"  and  "  Shakespeare."  These  packets 
were  large  for  their  day,  measuring  1000  tons  or  more 
each.  A  noted  departure,  also,  in  them,  besides  their 
superior  interior  fittings,  was  the  total  abandonment  of 
the  fine  lined  vessel  having  a  sharp  rise  of  floor,  and  the 
substitution  for  it,  against  the  opinion  of  the  most  noted 
New  York  shipbuilders,    of  the  flat  floored  form    of  hull. 

Mr.  Collins  afterwards  founded  the  famous  Collins  line 
of  steamers  between  New  York  and  Liverpool  in  1850, 
but  it  was  unsuccessful. 

Other  well  known  packet  lines  were  Grinnell  and  Min- 
turn's  Black  X  line  to  London  and  Liverpool,  owning  the 
"  Patrick  Henry,"  "  Henry  Clay  "  (a  fine  three-decked 
vessel  of  1250  tons),  "  Constitution,"  etc.;  Morgan's  line 
to  London,  with  the  "Palestine,"  "Southampton,"  etc.; 
Spofford  and  Tileston's  Patriotic  line  to  Liverpool,  started 
in  1852,  with  the  "  Orient  "  and  "  Webster,"  built  at 
Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  by  George  Raynes,  and  Williams  and 


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PACKET-SHIP  '■  LIVERPOOL",    1828 
A  Sister  Ship  of  the  "  Dover",   see  plan 


PACKET-SHIP  "CHARLEMAGNE"  BUILT  IN    1828 


BY  FRANCIS   B.   C.   BRADLEB  17 

Guion's  Black  Star  line,  also  to  Liverpool.  The  last 
named  organization,  although  running  under  the  Ameri- 
can flag,  was  chiefly  owned  by  British  capital  and  after- 
wards became  the  Guion  line  of  steamers. 

According  to  a  popular  yarn,  one  of  Guion's  sailing 
packets,  the  "  Adelaide,"  is  supposed  to  have  beaten  the 
Cunard  steamer  "  Sidon  "  on  a  transatlantic  passage  in 
1864.  The  author  has  carefully  looked  up  this  matter  in 
the  files  of  the  New  York  daily  papers,  and  the  facts  are 
as  follows  :  On  June  9, 1864,  the  "  Adelaide  "  and  the 
Inman  line  steamer  *♦  Kangaroo  "  both  left  New  York  for 
Liverpool ;  the  "  Kangaroo "  put  back  next  day  for 
repairs  to  her  engine,  sailed  again  in  a  day  or  two,  and 
arrived  in  Liverpool  on  the  same  day  as  the  "Adelaide", 
June  27.  The  Cunard  steamer  "Sidon"  did  not  sail  from 
New  York  between  April  26  and  July  6, 1864. 

Three  to  four  weeks  was  considered  a  very  fair  average 
passage  to  the  westward  by  the  best  packet  ships,  as  may 
be  seen  by  the  following  analysis  of  trips  made  by  vari- 
ous vessels  in  1845-46.  The  *'  Yorkshire "  left  Liver- 
pool on  March  4,  1845,  and  arrived  at  New  York  on  the 
25th  of  the  same  month.  Later  in  the  year  she  left  Liv- 
erpool on  July  2,  and  arrived  on  July  30,  and  still  later, 
on  November  2,  she  left  Liverpool  and  anchored  in  New 
York  lower  bay  on  December  1,  three  fairly  uniform  pas- 
sages of  21,  28,  and  29  days.  In  the  same  year  the 
"  Queen  of  the  West "  made  a  25  day  passage  across  the 
North  Atlantic  in  March,  while  her  next  trip,  begun  in 
July,  occupied  38  days,  but  in  November  she  crossed  in 
28  days.  Some  of  the  other  crack  ships  of  the  period 
were  the  "Empire,"  29  days ;  **Oxford,"  29  days ;  "Mon- 
tezuma," 28  days;  "Rochester,"  27  days;  "Garrick,"  26 
days;  and  "  Ashburton,"  24  days. 

These  passages  were  made  under  favorable  conditions. 
But  when  the  weather  was  heavy  and  the  winds  unfavor- 
able, five  and  six  weeks  and  sometimes  nearly  two  months 
were  consumed  in  making  the  crossing.  The  longest  pas- 
sage on  record  was  said  to  be  that  of  the  "  Switzerland  " 
of  the  Grinnell  line,  that  was  once  110  days  in  returning 
to  New  York  from  Liverpool.     Another  instance  was  the 


18  THE  DREADNOUGHT   OF  NEWBURYPORT 

packet  "  Virginian,"  which  left  Liverpool  on  December 
6,  1845,  and  did  not  arrive  until  53  days  later,  and  the 
''  Hottinguer  "  (a  crack  ship,  named  for  a  well  known 
Paris  banker),  which  left  Liverpool  on  January  7,  1846, 
and  arrived  here  on  March  6. 

It  took  a  man  every  inch  a  seaman  to  reach  an  Ameri- 
can port  from  Europe  with  spars  and  sails  intact,  and  keep 
his  ship  off  the  Long  Island  and  New  Jersey  coasts  in 
midwinter  gales,  of  thick  snow  and  sleet.  Steam  power 
has  now  reduced  the  responsibility  and  danger  to  a  mini- 
mum. Owing  to  the  prevalence  of  westerly  winds,  the 
passage  to  the  eastward  was  generally  made  in  the  quick- 
est time  ;  quite  often  in  sixteen  or  seventeen  days,  and 
more  rarely  in  fourteen.  The  "  Palestine,"  of  1800  tons, 
of  the  Morgan  line,  once  landed  her  passengers  at  Ports- 
mouth (England),  on  the  fourteenth  day  out,  and  the 
"  Independence,"  of  the  Swallow  Tail  line,  734  tons,  al- 
though built  as  far  back  as  1834,  accomplished  this  feat 
several  times. 

The  agents,  builders  and  captains  of  the  packet-ships 
speedily  became  rich,  for  all  were  owners, — the  agent 
owning,  say,  an  eighth  of  a  vessel,  and  the  builder  another 
eighth,  in  order  that  he  might  secure  the  job  of  repairing 
her,  which  would  average  at  least  $500  a  round  trip. 
Most  of  the  Liverpool  packets  were  built  by  Stephen 
Smith,  Isaac  Webb,  and  Brown  and  Bell,  and  those  run- 
ning to  Havre  and  some  of  the  London  liners  by  Chris- 
tian Bergh,  Jacob  A.  Westervelt,  and  William  H.  Webb, 
all  old-time  New  York  builders.  The  packet  captains 
generally  owned  another  eighth  of  the  ships  they  com- 
manded, in  order  that  they  might  have  the  strongest  of 
all  motives  for  vigilance ;  the  block-makers  and  sail- 
makers  were  also  part  owners ;  and  others  the  remainder, 
a  packet  of  1000  tons  being  worth   about   $80,000. 

During  the  Irish  famine  in  1847-48  the  freight  on 
a  barrel  of  flour  from  New  York  to  Liverpool  rose  to  five 
shillings  (^1.25)  a  barrel,  and  packets  were  added  to  the 
various  lines  as  fast  as  they  could  be  built.  The  boom  in 
freights  lasted  until  the  close  of  the  Crimean  war,  when 
a  great  slump  took  place,  partly  owing   to   the  panic  of 


BY  FRANCIS  B.   C.   BRADLEE 


19 


1857,  and  owners  were  then  glad  to  get  a  shilling  (25 
cents)  a  barrel  for  the  carriage  of  flour. 

Each  packet  ship  could  accommodate  from  500  to  1000 
emigrants  on  the  westward  voyages,  and  men,  women, 
and  children,  dirty  and  ignorant,  were  crowded  into  the 
between-decks  together.  Conditions  below  decks  may  be 
better  imagined  than  described,  for  in  gales  of  wind  and 
bad  weather,  which  were  frequent,  hatches  had  to  be 
battened  down,  and  men,  women  and  children  screamed 
all  night  in  terror.  It  was  not  compulsory  for  emigrant 
ships  to  carry  a  doctor,  although  sometimes  a  physisian 
was  given  a  free  passage  in  return  for  looking  after  the 
health  of  those  on  board ;  ship-fever,  smallpox,  and 
other  contagious  diseases  were  common,  and  it  is  a  won- 
der that  many  survived  the  voyage. 

Some  idea  of  the  mortality  among  the  steerage  passen- 
gers on  a  transatlantic  voyage  may  be  gained  from  the 
following  news  item  copied  from  the  New  York  Herald 
of  October  26,  1853  :— 


▲rriTed 

Ships 

From 

No.  of 

Deat 

1863 

Passengers 

Sept.    9 

"Zurich" 

Havre 

358 

2 

11 

"Lucy  Thompson" 

Liverpool 

800 

35 

15 

"Niagara" 

i( 

249 

88 

21 

"Charles  Spragne" 

Bremen 

280 

45 

26 

"Oder" 

Hamburg 

237 

14 

27 

"Winchester" 

Liverpool 

463 

79 

29 

"Kate  Hunter" 

i< 

342 

1 

29 

"Rhine" 

Havre 

566 

24 

SO 

"Talleyrand" 

Hamburg 

210 

11 

Oct.    11 

"Harvest  Queen" 

Havre 

367 

5 

14 

"Marmion" 

Liverpool 

295 

34 

17 

"Waterloo" 

li 

294 

4 

17 

"James  Wright" 

t» 

480 

1 

20 

"Sir  Robert  Peele" 

London 

407 

6 

21 

"New  York" 

Liverpool 

400 

16 

21 

"Benjamin  Adams" 

(( 

620 

15 

Rations  were  served  out  once  a  week,  in  accordance 
with  the  allowance  instituted  by  the  British  government, 
— just  enough  to  keep  starvation  away.  It  was  estimated 
that  it  cost  twenty  cents  a  day  to  feed  each  emigrant,  and 


20  THE  DEEADNOUQHT   OF   NEWBURYPORT 

the  steerage  passage  rates  were  X4  ($20),  so  between 
passage  and  freight  money  the  ships  generally  paid  very 
good  dividends. 

The  cabin  passengers,  from  ten  to  thirty  on  each  packet, 
with  the  captain  and  officers,  were  lodged  under  the  poop, 
in  the  saloon,  or  cuddy  as  it  used  to  be  called,  for  which 
privilege  a  fare  of  about  $150  was  charged.  The  follow- 
ing is  a  specimen  saloon"  bill  of  fare  :  Soup,  boiled  cod 
with  boiled  potatoes,  roast  turkey,  mashed  turnips,  roast 
and  boiled  potatoes,  stewed  chicken  with  macaroni,  pie, 
hot  rolls,  sea  pies  and  pickles,  and  plum  pudding. 

As  has  been  seen,  the  crews  of  the  old  packet-ships 
were  not  noted  for  tender  qualities.  Many  of  them  were 
Liverpool  Irishmen,  and  Capt.  Samuels  says  of  them  : 
"They  were  the  toughest  class  of  men  in  all  respects, and 
could  stand  the  worst  weather,  food  and  usage,  and  put 
up  with  less  sleep,  more  rum  and  harder  knocks  than  any 
other  sailors."  They  would  not  sail  in  any  other  trade, 
and  although  unexcelled  for  making,  or  taking  in  sail, 
especially  in  bad  weather,  they  were  of  little  use  in  re- 
pairing the  rigging,  or  sails,  or  any  of  the  finer  work  of 
the  sailor's  trade,  as  this  kind  of  thing  was  always  done 
while  the  packets  were  in  port. 

The  position  of  chief  mate  of  a  transatlantic  packet- 
ship  was  not  one  for  a  weak  or  easy-going  man.  Courage 
and  endurance  were  the  important  factors;  to  face  the 
elements  and  contend  with  the  crews  required  nerves  of 
steel,  and  it  used  to  be  said  "  that  no  one  was  wanted  as 
an  officer  of  a  packet  who  could  not  lick  his  weight  in 
wild-cats."  The  cruelty  practiced  on  some  of  those  ships 
was  simply  outrageous  ;  the  worst  ones  were  known  as 
'•  wild  packets."  Like  their  crews,  most  of  the  captains 
and  officers  in  the  transatlantic  trade  confined  themselves 
to  it  and  seldom  sailed  elsewhere. 

The  first  line  of  New  York  and  Havre  packets  was 
founded  in  1822  by  Francis  Depau,  with  the  ships  "  Ste- 
phania,"  "Henry  IV,"  "  Helen  Mar,"  etc.  Other  early 
Havre  packets  were  the  "Edward  Quesnel,"  "Bayard," 
**  Queen  Mab,"  and  "  Charlemagne."  The  last  named 
fihip,  built  in  1828,  was   commanded    by    Capt.  Addison 


10  ' 


BY  FBANCIS   B.   C.  BBADLEE  21 

Richardson,  born  in  Salem  in  1804,  the  son  of  Capt.  Wil- 
liam R.  Richardson  (born  in  Salem  in  1769,  died  there  in 
1811),  who  was  a  charter  member  of  the  Salem  East 
India  Marine  Society,  Oct.,  1799,  and  later  was  a  con- 
tributor to  the  collections  of  the  museum  of  that  Society. 

An  engraving  of  the  *'  Charlemagne,"  reproduced 
here,  is  from  one  of  three  oil  paintings  of  that  vessel  by 
Frederic  Roux,  a  noted  marine  painter  of  Havre,  and 
given- the  Peabody  Museum  of  Salem  by  Mi-s.  Kate  S. 
Richardson  of  New  York  City  in  memory  of  her  hus- 
band, Edward  Richardson,  son  of  Capt.  Addison  Richard- 
son. Mrs.  Richardson's  valuable  gift  also  included, 
among  other  things,  a  silver  pitcher  given  Capt.  Richard- 
son by  the  cabin  passengers  of  the  ship  **  Charlemagne," 
Oct.,  1835 ;  a  speaking  trumpet,  a  silver  plate,  also  pre- 
sentations ;  a  sextant  and  a  spyglass  presented  Capt. 
Richardson  by  the  cabin  passengers  of  the  ship  "  Duch- 
esse  d'  Orleans  "  (a  well  known  Havre  packet)  on  her 
first  trip  from  New  York  to  Havre,  in  September,  1838. 
It  was  quite  a  common  thing  in  those  days  for  the  cabin 
passengers  to  make  such  gifts  to  the  captains  of  the  ships 
they  travelled  on,  and  it  was  thought  it  would  be  inter- 
esting to  group  these  articles  together  and  reproduce 
them  here. 

The  business  of  Francis  Depau  was  continued  by  his 
sons-in-law.  Fox  and  Livingston,  who  added  to  the  old 
line  the  "  Sylvie  de  Grasse,"  "  Louis  Philippe,"  and  other 
ships.  They  later  became  the  agents  and  principal  pro- 
prietors of  the  New  York  and  Havre  Steam  Navigation 
Co.,  running  the  U.  S.  Mail  side- wheel  steamers  "  Hum- 
boldt," "Franklin,''  *«  Arago,"  and  "  Fulton.''  A  second 
Havre  line  was  started  in  1825  by  Boyd  and  Hincken, 
with  the  packets  "  Charles  Carroll,"  "  Erie,"  "  France," 
"  Utica,''  "  Oneida,"  "William  Tell,"  "Baltimore,"  "Mer- 
cury," and  "Rhone."  This  line  was  advertised  in  a  Havre 
paper  as  follows :  "  Our  ships  are  fast  sailing,  copper 
bottomed,  copper  fastened,  and  offer  intending  passengers 
all  sorts  of  advantages,  which  include  staterooms  having 
locks  and  keys,  a  captain  who  speaks  French,  and  French 
cooking." 

Still  another  line  of  Havre  packets  was  founded  in  1832 


22  THE  DEEADNOUGHT  OF  NEWBUBYPORT 

by  William  Whitlock,  Jr.,  with  the  ships  "  Albany," 
"  Duchesse  d'  Orleans,"  "  Gallia,"  "  Carolus  Magnus," 
etc.  Although  the  French  are  not  an  emigrating  race, 
the  various  lines  of  Havre  packets  carried  large  numbers 
of  emigrants  from  Switzerland  and  the  Rhenish  prov- 
inces. One  of  the  best  known  of  the  later  Havre  packets 
was  the  ship  "  Jacob  Bell,"  of  1400  tons,  200  feet  long, 
belonging  to  Fox  and  Livingston ;  she  made  three  pas- 
sages from  Havre  to  New  York  in  18  days. 

The  "  Ocean  Monarch,"  built  at  New  York  in  1856 
(not  to  be  confounded  with  another  "  Ocean  Monarch  " 
burnt  outside  Liverpool  in  1848),  was,  as  far  as  can  be 
traced,  the  largest  packet-ship.  She  measured  2146  tons 
and  was  240  feet  long. 

Another  large  ship  designed  for  the  transatlantic  trade 
was  the  "  City  of  Mobile,"  built  at  Greenpoint,  L.  I.,  in 
1854,  by  Perrine  and  Stack.  She  was  owned  by  Harbeck 
and  Co.  of  New  York,  measured  1750  tons,  215  feet  long, 
had  three  full  decks,  and  was  one  of  the  first  vessels 
equipped  with  double  topsails,  instead  of  the  old-fashioned 
enormous  single  topsails  that  were  so  hard  to  handle.  On 
her  first  voyage  to  England  the  "  City  of  Mobile  "  car- 
ried 9000  quarters  of  wheat,  besides  a  large  amount  of 
flour  in  barrels. 

One  of  the  best  known  packet-ship  commanders  was 
Capt.  Edward  Abeel.  Capt.  Abeel,  who  was  a  nephew  of 
Charles  H.  Marshall,  one  of  the  owners  of  the  Black  Ball 
line,  first  went  to  sea  in  1845  in  the  "  Montezuma  ";  his 
first  command  was  the  packet-ship  "  New  York,"  and  he 
afterwards  was  in  charge  of  the  "  Isaac  Wright,"  "  New 
World,"  and  "James  Foster,  Jr.,"  until  he  retired  in 
1881,  and  during  all  this  time  never  met  with  a  serious 
accident,  which  speaks  volumes  for  his  skill,  judgment 
and  ability.  Capt.  Abeel  died  in  Brooklyn,  Aug.  24,1918, 
at  the  advanced  age  of  ninety-four. 

One  of  the  last  surviving  captains  is  W.  W.  Urquhart, 
also  of  Brooklyn ;  he  went  to  sea  in  1854,  obtained  his 
first  command  in  1861,  and  retired  in  1882,  having  spent 
the  whole  period  in  the  transatlantic  trade.  While  in 
charge  of  the  "  Trimountain,"  in  1873,  Capt.  Urquhart 
became  well  known   by   reason    of  his    rescuing  in  mid- 


PACKET-SHIP  ■■  BOSTONIAN"  BUILT  IN    1854 


PACKET-SHIP  "CITY  OF  MOBILE"   BUILT  IN    1854 


BY  FKANCIS   B.   0.   BBADLEE  23 

ocean  the  surviving  passengers  and  crew  of  the  French 
mail  steamer  "  Ville-du-Havre,"  which  had  been  run  into 
by  the  sailing  ship  "  Loch  Earn  "  and  went  down  in  a 
few  minutes. 

The  Civil  War  and  the  gradual  increase  of  iron  screw- 
propelled  steamers,  under  the  British  and  German  flags, 
dealt  the  American  packet  lines  a  mortal  blow,  and  by 
1870  few  of  them  were  left.  Besides  the  lines  already 
mentioned,  there  existed  the  "  Regular  Line "  to  Ant- 
werp from  New  York,  running  the  ships  *'  David  Hoad- 
ley,"  "F.  B.  Cutting,"  etc.,  owned  by  Post,  Smith  &  Co. 
of  New  York.  Thomas  P.  Cope  of  Philadelphia  started 
a  line  of  packets  between  that  port  and  Liverpool  as  early 
as  1807,  and  it  continued  in  business  for  over  half  a 
century.     Some  of  the  best  known  of  the  Cope  ships  were: 

"  Lancaster,"  290  tons,  built  in  1807. 

"  Tuscarora,"  349  tons,  bniJt  in  1810. 

"  Saranac,"  854  tons,  built  in  1844. 

"  Wyoming,"  912  tons,  built  in  1845. 

"  Tonawanda,"  1503  tons,  built  in  1845. 

"  Tuscarora  "  II,  1449  tons,  built  in  1848. 

Most,  if  not  all,  these  vessels  were  constructed  by  John 
Lynn  and  his  descendants,  well  known  Philadelphia  ship- 
builders. There  were  also  regular  lines  of  packets  plying 
between  Baltimore  and  Charleston  to  Liverpool.  All 
were  under  the  American  flag,  and,  as  far  as  can  be  traced, 
the  only  packet  line  under  a  foreign  flag  was  the  Ham- 
burg-American (afterwards  the  well  known  Hamburg- 
American  S.  S.  Co.),  started  in  1847,  with  the  ships 
"  Deutschland,"  "  Nordamerica,"  etc.* 

The  last  packet-ship  actually  designed  for  that  service 
was  the  "  Charles  H.  Marshall,"  of  1600  tons,  built  by 
William  H.  Webb  at  New  York,  in  1869,  for  the  Black 
Ball  line,  and  the  last  packet  in  actual  service  is  thought 
to  have  been  the  «  Ne  Plus  Ultra,"  1300  tons,  Capt.  Bor- 
den, of  Grinnell  and  Mintum's  London  line,  in  1883,  but 
they  had  given  up  carrying  passengers  ten  years  before. 


JOURNAL  OF  SAMUEL  HOLTEN,  M.  D. 

)  

While  in  the  Continental  Congress,   May,  1778, 
TO  August,   1780. 


(  Continued  from  Vol.  L  V,  page  256. 'y 

10.  I  dined  with  D'"  Shippen  and  spent  the  evening 
with  Gen^  Whipple,  D'  Scudder,  M'  Ellerj^  &  M'  Adams. 

11.  I  bought  a  shay  of  Mich^  Laner  &  paid  him  .£4:60 
Mass*  currency.  N.  B.  The  shay  is  purchased  on  my 
own  account  &  not  charged  to  the  state. 

12.  I  dined  with  y®  President.  I  went  &  took  a  view 
of  the  lite  horse  on  y*  common. 

13.  Colo.  Palfry  &  Oapt.  Martin  dined  with  us. 

14.  I  wrote  to  M"  Holten  by  the  hon.  M'  Adams. 

15.  I  ride  out  with  M'  Adams  &  took  leave  of  him 
&  he  proceeded  to  Boston.     I  wrote  to  Colo.  Hutchinson. 

17.  I  walked  out  with  M'  Gerry  &  Gen^  Rabadeau. 

18.  I  have  received  information  that  Gen^  Ward^  is 
elected  a  Delegate  for  Mass*  Bay  in  y*  room  of  M"^  Ed- 
wards. 

19.  I  dined  with  M'  Smith  &  M'  Fleming,  2  of  the 
Delegates  of  the  state  of  Virginia. 

21.  Colo.  Peabody,^  a  delegate  from  New  Hampshire, 
arrived. 

22.  Wrote  to  Samuel  Freeman,  Esq'. 

26.     Gen.  Mifflin  called  to  see  me  this  morning. 

30.  The  President  of  Congress  is  indisposed  &  has 
not  attended  Congress  this  two  days. 

July  2.  The  vice  President  of  this  state,  Docf  Shell 
from  Ireland  &  M""  Hopkinson  dined  with  us. 

'Artemas  Ward  (1748-1800),  General  of  the  army  at  the  siege  of 
Boston,  a  delegate  from  Massachusetts. 
^Nathaniel  Peabody. 

(24) 


JOURNAL  OF   SAMUEL   HOLTEN,  M.  D.  25 

3.  I  walked  out  with  M'  Gerry. 

4.  Sabbath  day.  The  anniversaiy  of  the  independence 
of  America.  I  attended  public  worship  at  Christ  Church. 
M'  White  preached  from  Romans,  "  Let  every  soul  be 
subject  unto  the  higher  powers."  At  12  o'Clock,  attended 
at  the  Roman  Cath°  church,  by  invitation  from  ye  minis- 
ter to  sing  Te  Deum  on  ye  occasion.  In  the  afternoon  I 
attended  meeting  at  Docf  Duffield's. 

5.  Congress  adjourned  at  12  o'clock  &  attended  an 
oration,  and  at  4  o'clock  dined  at  the  city  tavern  with  a 
number  of  other  Gentlemen  of  the  first  character. 

6.  M"  Clark  &  M'*  Dolley  &  all  her  boarders  moved 
from  2d  street  in  to  Front  street  to  Gen.  Mifflin's  house. 
I  wrote  to  the  Hon.  M'  Gill. 

7.  Maj.  Rice,  aide-de-camp  to  Gen.  Lincoln,  arrived 
with  dispatches  from  y*  Gen',  but  brought  no  new  material. 

9.  Walked  out  with  Colo.  Peabody.  I  wrote  to  the 
Hon.  Gen.  Ward. 

10.  Congress  ordered  the  money  to  be  forwarded  to 
Mass.  Bay  to  exchange  the  emissions  that  are  out  of  cir- 
culation. 

12.  The  post  brought  me  only  one  newspaper  from 
Boston. 

14.  It  is  said  the  enemy  have  burnt  Fairfield  in  Con- 
necticut. 

15.  I  attended  the  funeral  of  the  Hon.  Geo.  Ross,  Esq', 
at  9  o'clock  A.  M.  I  rec'd  by  M'  Millet  a  letter  from 
Colo.  Hutchinson  &  M"  Holten. 

16.  Congress  sit  late  reading  letters  from  y*  Hon.  A. 
Lee,  Esq'.  M'  Sargent,  late  from  South  Carolina,  in- 
forms us  of  a  battle  between  Gen.  Lincoln  &  Gen.  Provo 
which  terminated  in  our  favor. 

17.  We  have  another  account  from  S.  C.  of  a  battle  & 
terminatinor  in  our  favor. 

19.  Congress  received  }'*  account  of  Gen.  Wayne's 
taking  Stony  Point. 

21.  Congress  spent  part  of  this  day  respecting  a  Por- 
tugal vessel  taken  by  orders  from  Carter  Broxten  and 
have  ordered  prosecution  against  him. 

22.  There  has  been  a  private  fast  this  day  at  y*  pres- 
byterian  churches  in  this  city  &  at  some  others. 


26  JOURNAL   OF   SAMUEL  HOLTEN,  M.  D. 

23.  I  dined  with  y®  President. 

24.  I  took  a  walk  with  Colo  Peabody. 

26.  Congress  received  a  particular  account  of  the  tak- 
ing of  y®  fort  at  Stony  Point. 

27.  Wrote  to  Hon.  M'  Frost  &  Colo  Hutchinson. 

28.  We  have  a  report  that  the  enemy  have  left  South 
Carolina. 

29.  1  took  a  walk  with  M'  Gerry  &  M'  Peabody. 

31.  M'  Duane,  M'  Morris,  M"^  Randelf,i  Gen.  Mifflin 
&  another  Gentleman  dined  with  us. 

Aug.  2.  M'  Hopkins  of  Boston  &  M""  Benj^  Putnam 
of  Medford  drank  tea  with  us. 

3.  I  wrote  to  the  Assessors  of  Danvers.  M"^  Uric, 
one  of  the  council  of  this  state,  visited  me. 

4.  By  a  vessel  from  Martinico  we  have  an  account  of 
the  Count  d'Estang  taking  the  Granadis  &  geting  the 
better  of  Adm'  Byron,  but  it  wants  confirmation. 

6.  We  have  confirmation  of  yesterday's  news.  Great 
news  if  true. 

6.  Congress  dismissed  the  Hon.  M"^  Deane  from  at- 
tending any  further  on  Congress. 

7.  Congress  received  a  letter  from  Gen.  Washington 
informing  of  the  enemies  moving  down  the  North  River. 

9.  I  received  a  letter  from  the  Hon.  M"^  Cushing,  M*^ 
Gray,  M'  Dole  &  M'^  Kittell. 

12.  M'  Laurens,  M'  Scudder  &  M"^  Houston^  dined 
with  us. 

14.     I  dined  with  M'  Laurens. 

16.  Rec'd  a  letter  from  M'^  Cushing,  M'  Avery  &  M'^ 
Epes  of  Danvers. 

17.  I  wrote  to  the  Hon.  M'  CusLing,  Ellis  Gray,  Esq. 
&  M'  Avery.  I  had  a  tooth  drawn  this  day  by  M'  Phil- 
lips. 

18.  The  Hon.  M''  Root  dined  with  us.  Sir  James 
Jay3  paid  us  a  visit. 

'Edmund  Randolph,  delegate  from  Virginia,  and  later  Governor 
of  his  State. 

*William  C.  Houston,  delegate  from  New  Jersey,  professor  at 
Princeton  College, 

=*Sir  James  Jay  (1732-1815),  brother  of  John  Jay,  studied  medi- 
cine, and  while  soliciting  funds  for  American  colleges  in  England 
in  1772,  was  knighted  by  George  III. 


JOURNAL   OF   SAMUEL  HOLTEN,  M.   D.  27 

19.  Colo.  Partridge  arrived  here  from  Mass"^  a  dele- 
gate. This  day  I  took  my  seat  at  the  marine  com*,  Con- 
gress having  appointed  me  thereto. 

20.  The  Hon.  M'  Gerard  drank  tea  with  us. 

21.  Congress  recommended  an  imbargo  to  the  several 
states,  to  be  continued  to  the  1^*  day  of  Jan''  next. 

23.  His  most  christian  Majesty's  birthday.  We  have 
accounts  that  Maj  Lee  has  surprised  a  fort  of  y®  enemy 
and  taken  160  prisoners.  I  rec*  a  letter  from  M'  Gill, 
M'  Palmer  &  the  Rev.  M'^  Wadsworth  p'  Post. 

24.  I  wrote  to  the  hon.  council  of  Mass^  Bay,  to  M' 
Dale,  Major  Epes  and  M"  Holten. 

25.  The  Hon.  M'  Uric  visited  me  in  my  chamber. 

28.  I  dined  with  M'^  Smith.  This  day  the  prisoners 
taken  at  Paules  Hook,  said  to  be  158,  arrived  here  &  are 
lodged  in  y®  city  goal. 

29.  Sabbath  day.  I  attended  public  worship  at  D' 
Duffield's.  He  preached  from  Matthew,  "  And  cast  ye 
the  unprofitable  servant  into  outer  darkness,  there  shall 
be  weeping  and  gnashing  of  teeth,"  and  his  discourse 
was  very  agreeable. 

30.  The  accounts  this  day  by  y®  Post  are  that  our 
fleet  at  Penobscot  are  all  cut  off  by  the  enemy. 

31.  I  wrote  to  Docf  Foster.^ 

Sept.  1,  Congress  resolved  that  no  more  than 
200,000,000  dollars  should  be  emitted. 

2.  The  following  gentlemen  dined  with  us,  viz.,  The 
president  of  Congress,  The  minister  of  France,  The  pres- 
ident of  the  state,  M""  Laurens,  M'"  McKean,  M"^  Paca, 
M'  Matthews,  Don  Juan,  Colo.  Leviston,  M'  Holker,  secy 
to  the  min*"  &  Sir  James  Jay. 

3.  M'  Langdon,  a  delegate  from  New  Hampshire,  ar- 
rived here. 

4.  This  morning  about  1  o'Clock  departed  this  life  the 
Hon.  W.  H.  Drayton,  Esq"",  a  member  of  Congress  from 
S.  Carolina,  and  his  remains  was  intered  this  evening  & 
Congress  followed  as  morners  with  crape  round  their 
arms. 

7.     I  wrote  to  J.  Avery,   Esq^  M""  Kittell    &    Moseg 

'Dr.  Isaac  Foster  (1740-1781)  of  Charlestown,  Mass.,  who  was 
surgeon  in  the  army  and  had  charge  of  hospital  work. 


28  JOURNAL  OP   SAMUEL  HOLTBN,  M.  D. 

Preston.  By  some  intelligence  from  the  minis^  I  sap- 
pose  we  may  expect  two  more  commissioners  from  Great 
Britain. 

8.  I  crossed  the  Delaware  over  to  the  Jersey  shore. 
The  land  appeared  to  be  flat  and  low.  Several  members 
of  Congress  went  with  me. 

9.  At  evening  I  attended  the  marine  com*. 

10.  I  spent  part  of  the  day  upon  the  affairs  of  Ver- 
mont. 

11.  I  dined  with  M"^  Laurens  &  y*  Minisf  &  several 
other  Gentlemen  of  y*  first  character. 

14.  I  wrote  to  the  Hon.  Benj*  Greenleaf,  Esq',  Hon. 
Mich.  Farley,  Esq. 

15.  I  met  the  medical  committee  at  evening. 

16.  M'  Gerard  came  to  take  leave  of  us,  but  we  were 
all  from  home. 

17.  M'  Gerard  took  formal  leave  of  Congress.  It  is 
said  d'Estang  is  off  y*  coast. 

21.  The  Chevalier  de  la  Luzerne,  Minister  Plen*  from 
y*  Court  of  France  arrived  here  from  Boston, 

22.  I  made  a  short  visit  to  the  new  minister  &  wel- 
comed him  here.  I  dined  with  the  President  of  Con- 
gress. 

23.  Congress  spent  part  of  the  day  upon  the  affairs 
of  Vermont. 

25.  An  express  arrived  here  with  the  account  that 
the  Count  Estaign  arrived  off  Georgia  the  5*'*  instant.  I 
wrote  to  M"  Holten  by  Gen'  Whipple. 

27.  Congress  appointed  The  Hon^'®  J.  Adams,  Esq', 
to  negotiate  a  Peace  &  the  hon.  M'  Jay,  Minister  Pleni- 
potentiary to  the  Court  of  Spain. 

28.  I  wrote  to  J°  Cooper.  M'  Huntington^  chosen 
President  of  Congress. 

29.  Congress  made  choice  of  the  Hon.  M""  Dana  sec'y 
to  the  Hon.  M'  Adams  and  the  Hon,  M'  Carmichael  sec'y 
to  M'  Jay  &  Colo.  Laurens  sec'y  to  D"*  Franklin.^ 

30.  It  is  said  the  enemy  are  about  embarking  a  large 
number  of  their  troops  from  New  York. 

^Samuel  Huntington  (1732-1796)  of  Connecticut,  a  "Signer,"   and 
later  Governor  of  the  State. 
'Benjamin  Franklin. 


JOURNAL  OF  SAMUEL  HOLTBN,  M.  D.  29 

Oct.  1.  We  have  accounts  this  evening  that  Capt. 
Tayler  has  taken  another  load  of  Hessians. 

2.  I  dined  with  the  Hon.  M"^  Koot  &  drank  tea  with 
the  sec'y. 

3.  Sabbath  day.  I  attend  public  worship  at  M"^  Sprout's 
meeting  and  dined  with  him. 

4.  There  has  been  a  mob  in  this  City  today  &  I  am 
informed  that  several  are  killed  &  a  number  wounded,  & 
I  fear  it  will  not  stop  here. 

6.  Gfen.  Arnold  applied  to  Congress  for  a  guard  & 
Congress  informed  him  that  his  application  should  have 
been  to  the  executive  of  the  State. 

7.  A  court  of  inquiry  met  here  this  day,  respecting 
the  persons  killed  a  few  days  ago. 

8.  John  Lowell,  Esq"",  of  Boston  &  M'  Cleavland  of 
Salem  arrived  here. 

9.  I  dined  with  M^  Laurens  and  about  12  more  mem- 
bers of  Congress.  M*"  Lowell  &  M'  Cleaveland  came  to 
board  with  us. 

11.  I  rec'd  a  letter  from  Josiah  Batchelder,  Jr.,  Esq"", 
&  one  from  the  Hon.  D.  Hopkins,  Esq'. 

12.  I  wrote  to  General  Count  Pulaski. 

13.  I  met  a  Committee  this  evening  on  Gen.  Arnold's 
accounts. 

14.  Congress  agreed  to  recommend  to  the  states  the 
2*^  Thursday  of  Dec''  next  for  a  day  of  Thanksgiving. 

15.  I  wrote  to  y®  Council  of  Mass*  Bay.  I  attended 
the  tryal  of  the  Spanish  vessels. 

16.  We  have  a  report  that  the  enemy  in  Georgia  are 
all  made  prisoners. 

17.  Sabbath  day.  M"^  Guild  preached  in  the  forenoon 
&  M""  Curklin  in  the  afternoon. 

18.  I  received  a  letter  from  M""  Kittell  of  Danvers,  by 
the  Post. 

20.  I  met  the  Committee  &  we  prepared  a  Proclama- 
tion for  a  day  of  General  Thanksgiving. 

21.  I  attended  the  committee  on  General  Arnold's 
affairs. 

22.  I  met  the  committee  on  the  Post-office  &  y*  com* 
of  12  &  the  com*  on  Gen.  Arnold's  accounts. 


So        JOURNAL  OP  SAMUEL  HOLTEN,  M.  D. 

23.  Congress  settled  y®  Salarys  of  the  new  board  of 
Treasury.     I  attended  the  com*  on  the  Post-office. 

24.  Sabbath  day.  I  drank  tea  with  the  Governor  of 
this  state. 

25.  I  rec'd  a  letter  from  Rev.  M"^  Wadsworth,  The 
Hon.  M'  Palmer,  Colo.  Hutchinson  &  M'^  Stephen  Need- 
ham. 

26.  I  attended  the  marine  Committee. 

27.  I  received  a  letter  from  the  hon.  Sam^  Adams, 
Esq^  by  the  hand  of  Docf  Foster. 

28.  It  is  said  the  enemy  have  done  much  damage  in 
the  Jerseys. 

29.  Congress  spent  part  of  the  day  considering  the 
Indian  affairs. 

30.  I  rode  out  with  Mr.  Peabody  after  sunset  about 
two  miles. 

31.  Sabbath  day.     D"^  Hewing  &  M""  Sprout  preached. 
Nov.  1.     Received  a  letter  from  M""  Avery,  M"  Holten 

&  my  daughter  Sally. 

2.  I  wrote  to  y®  Inhabitants  of  Danvers,  to  M'  Need- 
ham,  M'  Warner,  Colo.  Hutchinson,  M'  Avery,  M"  Hol- 
ten &  my  daughter  Sally. 

3.  Congress  have  done  no  business  these  two  days 
past  on  account  of  the  state  of  Connecticut  not  being 
represented,  the  Pres*  being  from  that  state.  I  dined 
with  the  Hon.  M""  Griffin.i 

4.  We  had  the  intelligence  of  the  enemies  leaving  R. 
Island. 

5.  I  attended  the  medical  committee  &  the  marine 
board. 

6.  The  medical  committee  met  in  my  chamber.  M' 
Lowell  paid  me  a  visit  this  evening. 

8.  I  received  a  letter  from  the  Hon"**  M""  Palmer.  I 
wrote  to  the  Hon.  S.  Adams  &  to  Capt.  Gardner  of  Salem 
by  M'  Lowell  &  M*"  Cleaveland. 

10.  We  had  the  disagreeable  news  from  Gen.  Lincoln 
that  our  army  have  not  succeeded  against  Savannah.  The 
Hon.  M*"  Hughes,^  one  of  the  delegates  from  N.  Carolina, 
deceased  this  morning. 

^Cyrus  GrifiQn  (1749-1810),  delegate  from  Virginia,  and  later  Pres- 
ident of  Congress  and  Judge  of  the  United  States  District  Court. 
'Joseph  Hewes  (1730-1779),  a  "Signer." 


JOURNAL  OF   SAMUEL  HOLTEN,  M.  D.  ol 

11.  I  attended  the  Funeral  of  M'  Hughes. 

12.  M""  Wilson,  formerly  of  Danvers,  visited  me. 

13.  The  Hon.  M'  Sharpe  dined  with  us. 

14.  Sabbath  day.  Heard  M'  Sprout  in  the  forenoon, 
&  in  the  afternoon  at  M'  White's,   the  Episcopal  Church. 

15.  I  dined  with  D""  Potts^  &  Bond  with  2  of  my  Col- 
leagues &  the  Gentlemen  from  New  Hampshire. 

16.  I  wrote  to  M™  Holten,  M""  Kittell  &  my  daughter 
Polly.     , 

17.  Chevalier  de  la  Luzern  was  admitted  to  a  public 
audience  with  Congress  &  dined  with  Congress. 

18.  The  Chevalier  paid  us  a  visit  by  leaving  a  card. 

19.  We  had  7  Gent,  dined  with  us.  Congress  passed 
several  resolutions  for  regulating  prices. 

20.  I  dined  with  M"^  Smith,  my  Colleagues,  the  Gen- 
tlemen from  New  Hampshire  &  Pres*  Reed  dined  with 
us. 

21.  I  rec'd  a  letter  from  Joseph  Hall,  jun'  and  M" 
Holten  (No.  18)  p.  post.     I  wrote  to  M"^  Lowell. 

23.  1  wrote  to  M"  Holten  (No.  85). 

24.  1  dined  with  D"^  Shall. 

25.  I  dined  with  the  President. 

30.  I  wrote  to  y«  hon.  B.  Greenleaf,  Esq',  J.  Web- 
ster, Esq^  M'  HaU  &  M'  Wiat. 

Dec.  1.  Congress  dined  with  the  Minister  of  France. 
The  dinner  was  grand  &  elegant. 

3.  The  President  of  Congress  drank  tea  with  us. 

4.  Congress  spent  part  of  the  day  considering  the 
commissary  &  Quartermasters  departments. 

6.  Being  ill,  I  have  not  been  out  today. 

7.  I  wrote  to  the  Rev.  D""  Gordon.  Being  ill,  I  have 
not  been  out  this  day. 

8.  The  Minister  of  France  &  about  10  other  Gentle- 
men of  the.  first  character  dined  with  us. 

9.  Thanksgiving.  Attended  at  D'  Duffield's  and  D"^ 
E  wing's. 

10.  I  spent  part  of  this  day  with  the  comt  on  Gen. 
Arnold's  accounts. 

11.  My  health  is  much  better. 

'Richard  Potts,  afterwards  Governor  of  Maryland. 


82  JOURNAL   OF   SAMUEL  HOLTBN,  M.  D. 

12.  Sabbath  day.  Being  summoned  to  attend  Con- 
gress &  the  weather  being  wet  prevented  my  attending 
public  worship.  I  wrote  to  M"  Holten  by  M'  Millet, 
who  is  going  to  Salem. 

13.  The  Post  from  the  eastward  is  not  come  in. 

14.  The  post  came  in  &  brought  me  a  certificate  of 
my  being  appointed  to  represent  the  state  for  the  year 
1780.     I  wrote  to  Joseph  Hall,  Jun*". 

16.  A  year  ago  this  day  since  I  was  taken  sick. 

17.  The  Hon.  M'  Burke^  &  Jones^  visited  us  in  the 
evening.     Colo.  Laurens  drank  tea  with  us. 

18.  The  Hon.  M"^  Floyd^  and  M""  Hommedeau*  supped 
with  us. 

20.  Gen.  Washington  informed  Congress  that  the 
army  is  in  great  want  of  supplies. 

21.  I  dined  with  the  minister  of  France. 

22.  I  wrote  to  the  hon.  M"^  Hancock,  by  the  post.  I 
dined  with  the  President  of  the  State. 

23.  I  met  the  medical  com*.  Congress  met  early  in 
the  day. 

24.  Congress  adjourned  till  Monday  next,  being 
Christmas  tomorrow. 

25.  Christmas  day.  I  attended  meeting  at  the  Roman 
Catholic  Chh.  in  the  forenoon  &  at  the  Episcopal  church 
in  the  afternoon.  I  heard  a  good  sermon  in  the  after- 
noon.    But  1  do  not  know  what  I  heard  in  the  forenoon. 

27.  I  received  a  letter  from  y®  Hon.  M""  Palmer  &  M"^ 
Warner. 

28.  I  wrote  to  Amos  Putnam,  Esq.  &  M"^  Warner. 

29.  I  dined  with  y*  President. 

30.  Gen.  Folsom^  arrived  here,  a  delegate  from  y* 
state  of  N.  Hampshire. 

(To  he  continued.') 

^Thomas  Burke  (1747-1788),  physician,  native  of  Ireland,  delegate 
from  North  Carolina,  and  later  Governor  of  his  State. 
2Gen.  Allen  Jones  of  Halifax,  North  Carolina. 
8William  Floyd  (1734-1821),  delegate  from  New  York. 
*Kzra  L'  Hommedieu  of  Nev?  York. 
"Nathaniel  Folsom  (1726-1790)  of  Exeter. 


32^ 


BEVERLY   IN    1700  -    No.  4 


BEVERLY  IN  1700.     NO.  4. 


BY   SIDNEY    PERLEY. 


Thist  article  concerns  that  portion  of  Beverly  lying  be- 
tween the  ocean  and  a  point  northeasterly  of  Montserrat 
railroad  station  on  the  northerly  side  of  Essex  street,  a 
distance  of  nearly  two  miles,  and  from  the  corner  of  Hale 
and  Lothrop  streets  to  Brackenbury  lane  and  Boyle  street, 
a  distance  of  about  a  mile  and  a  quarter. 

The  only  elevations  within  this  territory  having  names 
are  Snake  hill,  which  was  so  called  as  early  as  1671,  and 
Turtle  hill. 

Sawyer's  plain  was  so  called  as  early  as  1682.  This  is 
where,  in  the  first  settlement  of  the  Montserrat  region, 
timber  was  sawn  into  lumber  by  hand. 

Turtle  pond  was  so  called  as  early  as  1673. 

Sallows  brook  was  called  Cedar  Stand  brook  in  1708, 
and  it  runs  into  Cedar  Stand  cove,  which  was  so  called 
as  early  as  1698.  The  bridge  over  this  brook  at  the  high- 
way was  called  the  new  bridge  in  1681  ;  "  the  grate  bridg 
nere  seder  stan  "  in  1682  ;  and  Sallows  bridge  in  1730. 
This  neighborhood  was  called  "  Cedar  stand  "  or  "Sedar 
stand  "   as  early  as  1636. 

Burgess'  point  was  so  called  in  1884. 

Hospital  point  was  called  Paul  Thorndike's  point  in 
1708,  and  Paul's  point  in  1797. 

The  ocean  was  called  the  sea  in  1659  ;  in  river  in  1671 ; 
ye  sea  or  salt  water  in  1720  ;  and  the  salt  sea  in  1760. 

Ober's  cove  was  called  the  salt  water  cove  in  1745,  and 
Ober's  cove  in  1758. 

Mackerel  cove  was  so  called  in  1671. 

The  oldest  road  in  this  region  was  what  is  now  known 
as  Hale  street,  which  was  the  original  highway  from  Salem 
to  Cape  Ann,  having  been  formally  laid  out  in  1646.  It 
was  called  the  country  road  in  1682  ;   ye  town  highway 

(33) 


84  BEVERLY   IN   1700.    NO.    4 

in  1690 ;  ye  highway  which  leadeth  to  Grace  Woodbury, 
sr.,  his  house  in  1696 ;  the  country  road  that  goes  toward 
Manchester  in  1708  ;  Manchester  road  in  1729;  the  road 
to  Manchester  in  1750  ;  the  highway  leading  to  Manches- 
ter in  1771 ;  the  road  leading  to  Cape  Ann  in  1783  ;  the 
road  that  leads  from  Essex  bridge  to  Cape  Ann  in  1793 ; 
the  highway  leading  from  Beverly  to  Gloucester  in  1795  ; 
and  was  named  Hale  street  in  1838. 

Ober  street  was  a  way  from  about  1645,  but  in  course 
of  time  had  become  obstructed  because  of  the  uncertain- 
ty of  its  existence  and  location.  Early  in  December, 
1733,  John  Ober  and  others  living  on  it  petitioned  the 
selectmen  to  lay  it  out  as  a  town  way  "  to  accommodate 
them  in  going  to  meeting,  &c."  ;  but  the  request  was  re- 
fused, the  selectmen  stating  to  the  county  court,  Dec.  20, 
1733,  their  reasons  for  the  refusal.  Dec,  24,  1733,  a 
large  number  of  the  people  of  Beverly  petitioned  the 
court,  stating 

That  the  Progenitors  of  some  of  ye  Petitioners  were  near  90  years 
agoe  Original  Proprietors  of  the  Ten  Acres  Lots  in  the  place  now 
caled  Beverley  &  did  by  Comon  Agreement  &  according  to  the  usage 
of  those  times  Allow  &  Maintain  a  Way  %s  a  free  Town  Highway 
from  the  place  Where  John  Ober  now  dwelleth  to  the  Gate  since 
call'd  Bakers  Gate  they  being  Owners  of  the  soil  which  Way  then 
and  till  Late  was  Us'd  as  a  Town  Way  But  thro  the  Unexactness 
&  carelessness  of  those  ancient  times  it  was  not  recorded  as  such  «fc 
the  property  of  part  of  the  adjacent  soil  being  since  alter'd  some 
of  the  present  proprietors  wrongly  supposing  the  property  of  the 
sd  way  chang'd  likewise  Presume  to  Stop  it  up,  to  the  Unspeakable 
Damage  &  Loss  of  ye  Petitioners,  who  together  w***  their  wives 
Children  &  Families  Can  neither  Stir  from  Ilome  when  att  Home 
nor  return  thither  again  when  abroad  Even  on  their  most  Lawful 
Occasions  without  incurring  the  pains  &  sore  penalties  provided  by 
Law  for  Trespassers  whereby  their  aifairs  must  soon  come  to  Utter 
Ruin,  Nay,  When  they  are  passing  to  the  place  of  Putlick  Worship 
in  the  most  orderly  Manner  and  w*^  never  such  pious  Intentuons 
Your  Petitioners  are  liable  to  be  treated  as  Evil  Doers.  Notwith- 
standing wch  provoking  Grievances  willing  to  proceed  in  a  fair  & 
Regular  Manner  Your  Petitioners  have  applied  to  the  Select  Men  of 
sd  Town  who  utterly  refuse  them  redress  Relying  therefore  on  yr 
Hon"  Justice  &  Compassion  they  hereby  make  known  the  sad  state 
of  their  cases  to  you  Humbly  Imploring  that  by  your  favour  their 
ancient  &  undoubted  rights  may  be  restored  their  free  Passage  to  «fc 
from  their  Houses  &  Possessions  secured  &  the  sd  Way  made  a 
Town  Highway  &  yJ"  Petitioners  shall  ever  Pray  &c. 

The  committee  to  whom  the  matter  was  referred  re- 
ported as  follows  : — 


BY   SIDNEY  PERLEY  35 

We  the  subscribers  being  appointed  a  Comitte  for  to  Lay  out  a 
privet  way  in  Beverly  have  proceeded  as  followeth  beginning  at 
Backers  Gate  neer  Sallows  Bridge  and  Laid  out  said  way  through 
the  wide  Saray  Bacers  Land  thirteen  Rod  and  one  half  a  rod  and 
throug  Giden  Bacers  Land  seventen  Rod  and  seven  foot  and  through 
John  Obers  Land  six  Rod  and  six  foot  and  through  Joseph  Mor- 
gans Land  four  Rod  and  six  foot  and  through  Joshua  Biksef 
Land  four  Rod  and  eight  feet  and  through  Nathanel  Black's  Land 
«ighten  Rods  the  holl  Breadth  twenty  four  feet  wide  from  ye  sd 
Gate  to  the  midle  of  the  way  Latley  allowed  by  the  Town  of  Bev- 
erly being  in  the  holl  Length  Sixty  four  Rods  and  twelve  feet 
Bounded  betwen  every  parcel  of  Land  in  ye  Line  betwen  said  Lands 
by  stackes  set  in  the  Ground  each  side  of  said  way  twenty  four  feet 
distant  from  the  other  being  the  breadth  of  said  way  and  have  laid 
the^said  way  out  as  the  path  now  goes    witnes  our  Hands 

Samuel  kemball 
Aabon  bknnet 
Benjamin  Allin 
Beterly  September  ye  18th,  1734 

The  town  objected  to  laying  out  this  way  as  a  town  road 
because  it  was  an  ancient  highway  and  was  not  "  of  Pub- 
lick  advantage  (as  being  a  turn  again  way^  leading  only 
from  Manchester  Road  to  eight  houses  &  back  again,  & 
serving  only  the  Occasions  of  such  as  live  in  those  Houses 
&  of  those  who  have  Business  with  them," 

John  Lovett,  aged  sixty-six  years,  testified  that  he  had 
known  this  way  "  above  sixty  years,  for  he  used  to  go 
over  it  to  School  Daily,  when  he  was  about  five  years  old, 
&  it  was  then  &  has  been  ever  since  improved  as  an 
Highway,  till  within  a  few  years  past  when  it  has  been 
somewhat  obstructed  by  the  Prop'*  of  the  Land  adjoyn- 
ing."     Sworn  to  March  15,  1735-6. 

This  road  was  called  the  road  laid  out  by  court  in 
1736  ;  and  the  town  highway  leading  to  Ober's  cove  so 
called  in  1832. 

Woodbury  street  was  in  use  quite  early,  though  not 
laid  out  as  a  town  way  until  about  1733,  being  called  the 
way  "Latley  allowed  by  the  Town  of  Beverly  "  in  1734. 
It  was  called  ye  way  between  the  land  of  Thomas  Wood- 
bury and  John  Black's  land  in  1716;  the  way  in  1727; 
the  way  leading  from  Manchester  road  to  Woodbury's 
landing  place  so  called  in  1729;  the  highway  which  leads 
to  the  salt  water  at  Woodbury's  cove  in  1761 ;  the  high- 
way leading  to  Woodbury's  beach  in  1774 ;  the  lane  lead- 


86  BEVERLY   IN   1700.   NO.   4 

ing  to  Woodbury's  point  in  1806 ;  and  it  has  been  called 
Woodbury  street  since  1793. 

Brackenbury  lane  was  in  existence  as  early  as  1682^ 
when  it  was  called  ye  town  highway  leading  to  Mackerel 
cove.  It  was  called  Patch's  lane  in  1799 ;  the  town  way 
to  Patch's  beach  so  called  in  1800  ;  and  Brackenbury  laua 
and  Brackenbury  street  in  1856. 

Cross  street  was  laid  out  over  Isaac  Woodbury's  land 
in  the  winter  of  1678-9,  being  recorded  as  follows  : — 

A  drift  highway  on  the  west  side  of  Isaac  woodberries  barne  the 
way  being  two  pole  wide  and  to  run  along  |by  the  said  woodberries- 
fence  and  soe  unto  snake  hill  and  from  the  south  side  of  snake  hill 
unto  the  brooke  that  runs  from  Thomas  Patches  unto  Nicholas 
Woodberries  mill. 

It  was  called  ye  lane  which  leadeth  to  John  Pride's  house 
in  1696  ;  ye  way  that  goes  from  the  country  road  to 
Snake  hill  in  1701 ;  ye  lane  that  goes  from  ye  country  road 
that  leads  towards  Manchester  to  ye  house  of  widow  Jane 
Pride  in  1708 ;  ye  drift  way  in  1711  ;  the  town  highway 
in  1721 ;  Cross  lane  in  1805 ;  and  Cross  street  as  early 
as  1871.  That  part  of  East  Lothrop  street  which  is  east- 
erly of  Cross  street  was  originally  a  part  of  the  old  Cross 
lane,  being  called  a  town  way  as  early  as  1688.  It  was 
called  the  highway  which  leads  towards  the  house  for- 
merly Mr.  William  Pride's  in  1836. 

Essex  street  was  originally  the  outlet  to  the  common 
lands  at  Montserrat.  It  was  called  ye  outlet  way  in 
1682 ;  ye  highway  in  1701  ;  the  highway  that  goeth  from 
the  Outlet  gate  northwards  in  1705 ;  "  the  road  that 
leads  from  Effex  Bridge  thro  a  place  in  Beverly  called 
Monsieurrat  to  Wenham  in  1805;  the  road  leading  from 
Beverly  to  Essex  m  1841;  and  Essex  street  as  early  as  1845. 

Cole  street  was  laid  out  April  21,  1686,  the  report  of 
the  committee  which  laid  it   out  being  as  follows  : — 

wee  whofe  names  are  vnder  writen  haue  Laid  ont  a  high  way  that 
is  to  fay  from  the  Common  at  the  out  Lett  through  fawers  plain 
tow  pole  wide  and  fo  through  the  land  of  william  Cleaus  along  by 
the  northeaft  fide  of  the  grauelly  Ridg  and  fo  to  the  highway  that 
corns  from  the  fouth  weft  fide  of  Ifaac  woodberys  Orchard  the  faid 
■way  beginning  at  John  williams  his  corner  of  land 

fAMUELL,  C0BNIN&  fenR 
John  Hill, 
John  Louet 
Nehkmiah  Gkouee 


BY  SIDNEY  PERLBY  3T 

It  was  called  ye  highway  in  1697  ;  an  highway  running 
from  John  Williams,  sr.'s,  dwelling  house  in  1701  ;  the 
highway  leading  from  the  house  of  widow  Sarah  Morgan 
to  ye  house  of  John  Williams,  sr.,  in  1702.  It  has  been 
called  Cole  street  for  many  years. 
^  J,  Corning  street  was  so  called  in  1853. 

Lake  Shore  avenue  was  called  Perkins  avenue  in  1874. 

Thomas  Sallows  Lot.  This  lot  was  conveyed  by  Robert 
Pease,to  Henry  Percy,  for  five  pounds  and  ten  shillings 
Nov.  30,  1652;^  and  Nicholas  Bartlett  of  Salem,  seaman, 
for  nine  pounds  and  ten  shillings,  conveyed  it  to  John 
Sollas  of  Salem,  mariner,  Sept.  16,  1652.^  John  Sallows 
of  Beverly,  husbandman,  for  ten  pounds,  conveyed  it  to 
his  son  Thomas  Sallows  of  Beverly,  fisherman,  Dec.  10, 
1698.3  Thomas  Sallows  owned  it  in  1700  ;  and  he  may 
have  built  a  house  upon  it  about  that  date. 

John  Hill  House.  Robert  Lemon  owned  that  part  of 
this  lot  of  land  lying  westerly  of  the  dashes  in  1655 ; 
And  died  possessed  of  it  in  1667.  The  estate  passed  to 
his  son-in-law  Samuel  Beadle,  husband  of  his  daughter 
Hannah ;  and  Samuel  Beadle  of  Salem,  turner,  conveyed 
it  to  John  Hill  of  Beverly,  cooper,  August  14,  1676.* 
Mr.  Hill  was  born  in  Bristol  county,  England. 

That  part  of  the  lot  lying  easterly  of  the  dashes  and 
the  land  adjoining  on  the  easterly  side  was  conveyed  by 
Samuel  Edson  of  Salem  to  William  Browne  of  Salem, 
merchant,  with  the  dwelling  house  and  barn  thereon,  "on 
Cape  Ann  Side,"  Sept.  24,  1655.^  Mr.  Browne  con- 
veyed this  part  of  the  premises  to  Zebulon  and  John  Hill, 
brothers,  both  of  Salem,  June  30,  1659.^  Zebulon  Hill, 
sr.,  of  Salem,  and  John  Hill,  sr.,  of  Beverly,  coopers, 
divided  the  land,  no  house  being  mentioned,  April  17, 
1685;^  John  Hill  being  assigned  this  part  of  the  lot.  Dea. 
John  Hill  was  a  cooper,  and  died  Feb.  8,  1707-8.  In  the 
inventory  of  his  estate  is  mentioned  "  The  mines  of  an 
old  houfe,"  valued  at  thirty  shillings.    His  widow  Abigail 

'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  1,  leaf  15. 
'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  1,  leaf  71. 
*Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  59,  leaf  170. 
*Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  4,  leaf  144. 
*Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  2,  leaf  70. 
*Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  8,  leaf  18. 


88  BEVERLY  IN    1700.  NO.   4 

Hill,  as  administratrix  of  his  estate,  conveyed  to  her 
cousin  Cornelius  Baker  of  Beverly,  blacksmith,  this  lot 
with  the  right  to  remove  "  the  old  house "  and  barn 
standing  thereon,  in  which  her  said  husband  had  livedo 
Jan.  10,  1708-9.^  The  house  was  removed,  probably  im- 
mediately. 

Zebulon  Hill  Lot.  Samuel  Edson  of  Salem  conveyed 
to  William  Browne  of  Salem,  merchant,  this  lot  and 
other  land  adjoining  on  the  westerly  side,  "  on  Cape  Ana 
Side,"  Sept.  24,  1655  -^  and  Mr.  Browne  conveyed  the 
premises  to  Zebulon  and  John  Hill,  brothers,  both  of 
Salem,  June  30,  1659.^  Zebulon  Hill,  sr.,  of  Salem,  and 
John  Hill,  sr.,  of  Beverly,  coopers,  divided  the  land,  nO' 
house  being  mentioned,  April  17,  1685;^  this  part  of  the 
lot  being  assigned  to  Zebulon  Hill.  Zebulon  Hill  owned 
it  in  1700. 

John  Black  Lot.  John  Black  owned  this  lot  of  land 
and  lived  in  the  house  that  then  stood  upon  it  in  1656. 
John  Black,  sr.,  of  Beverly,  husbandman,  conveyed  to  his^ 
son-in-law  Isaac  Davis  two  acres  at  the  northerly  end  of 
the  lot  in  or  before  1670  ;  and  Mr.  Black  conveyed  the 
remainder  of  the  lot  to  his  son  John  Black  of  Beverly 
April  20,  1670.*  Isaac  Davis  of  Beverly,  husbandman, 
for  eight  pounds,  conveyed  his  two  acres  to  John  Black, 
the  younger,  of  Beverly,  husbandman,  Dec.  6,  1670.^ 
Probably  the  house  stood  only  a  few  years  after  1655. 
John  Black,  jr.,  owned  the  lot  in  1700. 

Thomas  Woodherry  House.  That  part  of  this  lot  of  land 
lying  westerly  of  the  dashes  was  the  property  of  Capt, 
Thomas  Lathrop  of  Beverly  as  early  as  1670,  when  he 
was  living  in  the  house  which  then  stood  thereon.  Cap- 
tain Lathrop  was  the  commander  of  "  The  Flower  of 
Essex,"  a  military  company,  and  with  them  was  ambushed 
and  massacred  by  the  Indians  at  South  Deerfield  Sept.  18,. 
1675.  He  died  childless,  and  his  only  heir  was  his  sister 
Ellen  (Eleanor),  wife  of  Ezekiel  Cheever  of  Boston,  the 

'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  28,  leaf  44. 
^Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  2,  leaf  70. 
•Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  8,  leaf  18. 
*Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  3,  leaf  140. 
*Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  8,  leaf  141. 


BY  SIDNEY  PBRLBY  39 

famous  schoolmaster.  By  order  of  the  quarterly  court  at 
Salem  this  land  and  house  were  assigned  to  Captain  Lath- 
rop's  widow  Bethiah  for  her  life  and  at  her  death  to  the 
town  of  Beverly,  "  as,"  as  he  once  said,  "  a  token  of  my 
love,"  for  the  use  of  the  ministry  in  Beverly  forever, 
June  27,  1676.1  This  decision  was  submitted  to  the 
general  court  for  its  approval,  and  duly  approved  May 
19,  1680.2  Mrs.  Lathrop  married  Joseph  Grafton  of 
Salem,  mariner,  and  lived  here.  Mr.  Cheever  appointed 
his  son  Thomas  Cheever  of  Maiden  his  attorney  to  lease 
to  Robert  Coburne  the  housing  and  land,  for  eight  pounds 
per  annum.  May  2,  1681  ;3  and,  Oct.  28,  1681,  Mr. 
Cheever  conveyed  the  house,  barn,  orchard  and  land  to 
Thomas  Woodberry  of  Beverly,  mariner.*  Mrs.  Cheever 
released  the  housing  and  land  to  Mr.  Woodberry  Dec.  7, 
1686.^  Mr.  Woodberry  gave  a  deed  of  a  part  of  this  lot 
July  19,  1708,  in  which  he  states  that  it  is  "  to  take  in 
y*  ground  on  which  Cap*  Lathrops  houfe  once  stood."  So 
the  house  was  then  gone. 

That  part  of  the  lot  lying  easterly  of  the  dashes  be- 
longed to  Thomas  Woodberry  in  1681  and  1700. 

That  part  of  the  lot  lying  northerly  of  the  dashes  was 
a  part  of  Captain  Lathrop's  plain. 

Peter  Wolfe  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  belonged  to  Peter 
Wolfe  in  1667,  and  he  died  possessed  of  it  in  1675.  He 
was  a  yeoman.  His  house  and  orchard  with  his  eight 
acres  of  land  were  then  appraised  at  sixty-eight  pounds. 
Peter  Wolfe,  probably  son  of  Peter  Wolfe,  is  named  as 
owning  this  lot  of  land  in  1700. 

John  Oher  House.  Susannah  Hollinffworth  of  Salem, 
widow,  conveyed  this  lot  of  land  to  Humphrey  Woodbury 
of  Salem,  yeoman,  Dec.  2,  1667  ;^  and  he  died  possessed 
of  it  in  1686.     His  son  Humphrey  Woodbury  came  into 

'Records  and  Files  of  the  Quarterly  Courts  of  Essex  County,  vol- 
ume VI,  page  no. 

^Copies  of  several  papers  in  the  settlement  of  the  estate  of  Cap- 
tain Lathrop,  on  file  in  the  Massachusetts  State  Archives  at  Boston, 
are  printed  in  the  Historical  Collections  of  the  Essex  Institute,  vol- 
ume 2,  pages  131  and  177,  and  volume  3,  page  65. 

'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  6,  leaf  32. 

*Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  6,  leaf  34. 

*Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  7,  leaf  94. 

*Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  3,  leaf  23. 


40  BEVERLY  IN   1700.    NO.   4 

possession  of  it ;  and  built  (perhaps  his  father  had  built) 
a  house  thereon.  Humphrey  Wood  be ry,  late  of  Beverly, 
now  of  Gloucester,  mariner,  conveyed  to  John  Ober  of 
Beverly,  mariner,  the  dwelling  house,  barn,  orchard  and 
eleven  acres  of  land  May  5,  1698.1  jy^j.,  Ober  died  May 
29,  1744.  The  house,  barn,  cooper's  shop  and  land  were 
then  appraised  at  one  hundred  and  twenty-four  pounds. 
The  house  faced  the  south.  Apparently  the  house  was 
standing  in  1758. 

Estate  of  Paul  Thorndike  House.  "  Mr.  Thorndike  " 
owned  this  lot  of  land  in  1667.  Capt.  Paul  Thorndike 
of  Beverly,  yeoman,  owned  the  house  and  lot  in  1697 ; 
and  died  possessed  of  the  estate  in  1698.  The  forty 
acres  of  the  homestead  land  with  the  buildings  thereon 
was  appraised  at  two  hundred  pounds.  The  real  estate 
was  divided  Dec.  3,  1701,  and  his  son  Paul  Thorndike  of 
Beverly,  husbandman,  succeeded  Mr.  Thorndike  in  the 
title.  Paul  Thorndike,  jr.,  died  Feb.  14,  1742  ;  and  the 
real  estate  was  divided  in  1743.  How  much  longer  the 
house  stood  is  uncertain. 

Dorcas  Symmes  Lot.  Richard  Brackenbury  of  Beverly 
conveyed  to  his  son  John  Brackenbury  of  Boston,  mari- 
ner, this  lot  of  land  Sept.  1,  1682  ;2  and  John  Bracken- 
bury of  Charlestown,  mariner,  in  consideration  of  love, 
conveyed  it  to  his  daughter  Dorcas  Brackenbury  March 
24,  1690.3  Miss  Brackenbury  married  Zachariah  Symmes 
of  Charlestown,  and  owned  the  lot  in  1700. 

Isaac  Woodbury  House.  This  lot  of  land  was  the  prop- 
erty of  Thomas  Lathrop  of  Beverly  as  early  as  1670. 
He  was  the  commander  of  *'  The  Flower  of  Essex,"  a 
military  company,  and  with  them  was  ambushed  and 
massacred  by  the  Indians  at  South  Deerfield  Sept.  18, 
1675.  He  died  childless,  and  his  only  heir  was  his  sister 
Ellen  (Eleanor),  wife  of  Ezekiel  Cheever  of  Boston. 
By  order  of  the  quarterly  court  at  Salem  this  land  was 
assigned  to  Captain  Lathrop's  widow  Bethiah  for  her  life 
and  at  her  death  to  Mrs.  Cheever.  Mr.  Cheever  conveyed 
it  to  Thomas  Woodberry   of  Beverly,    mariner,  Oct.  28, 

'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  18,  leaf  120. 
"Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  6,  leaf  63. 
'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  12,  leaf  117. 


BY  SIDNEY  PBRLEY  41 

1681.1  John  Black  of  Beverly,  yeoman,  owned  it  June 
22,  1698,  when  he  conveyed  it  to  his  daughter-in-law 
Mary  Williams,  widow  of  Anthony  Williams  of  Beverly .^ 
She  had  built  a  dwelling  house  upon  the  lot ;  and,  for 
fifty-five  pounds  paid  by  Mary  Woodbury,  wife  of  Isaac 
Woodbury,  sr.,  of  Beverly,  mariner,  she  conveyed  the 
house,  barn  and  land  to  Mrs.  Woodbury's  son  Isaac 
Woodbury,  jr.,  of  Beverly  Jan.  24,  1698-9.3  How  long 
the  house  stood  after  1700  is  unknown  to  the  writer. 

John  Black  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  owned  by  Capt. 
Thomas  Lathrop  of  Beverly  in  1671.  He  was  killed  by 
the  Indians  at  South  Deerfield  Sept.  18,  1675.  He  died 
childless,  and  his  only  heir  was  his  sister  Ellen  (Eleanor), 
wife  of  Ezekiel  Cheever  of  Boston.  Mr.  Cheever  con- 
veyed this  lot  to  Thomas  Woodberry  of  Beverly,  mar- 
iner, Oct.  28,  1681.1  This  is  probably  the  four  acres  of 
upland  and  meadow  which  John  Black  of  Beverly,  yeo- 
man, delivered  to  his  son-in-law  Robert  Sallows  in  the 
latter's  lifetime,  and  that  John  Black  conveyed  to  Robert 
Sallows'  own  sisters  Hannah  Groves,  Mary  Williams  and 
Sarah  Stevens  for  a  legacy  given  to  said  Robert  Sallows, 
jr.,  in  the  will  of  his  father  Robert  Sallows,  June  22, 
1698.* 

John  Sollas  House.  That  part  of  this  lot  of  land  lying 
northwesterly  of  the  dashes  belonged  to  John  Sollas  of 
Salem,  seaman,  in  1660. 

That  part  of  the  lot  lying  northeasterly  of  the  dashes 
was  conveyed  by  John  Pickett  of  Stratford,  Conn.,  late 
of  Salem,  husbandman,  to  John  Solas,  with  the  house  and 
barn  thereon,  March  18,  1660-1.^ 

Mr.  Sollas  became  a  yeoman,  and  died  possessed  of  the 
estate  March  9,  1707-8,  at  eighty  years  of  age.  The  es- 
tate became  the  property  of  his  grandson  Joseph  Sallis  of 
Methuen,  yeoman,  who,  for  one  hundred  and  ten  pounds, 
conveyed  the  dwelling  house  and  land  adjoining  to  Thomas 
Hardee  of  Beverly,    coaster,    Feb.  23,  1 736-7 .^     Thomas 

^Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  6,  leaf  34. 
^Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  13,  leaf  119. 
^Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  15,  leaf  72. 
♦Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  15,  leaf  93. 
*Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  2,  leaf  16. 
«Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  72,  leaf  245. 


42  BEVERLY  IN   1700.   NO.   4 

Harde,  jr.,  of  Bradford  and  wife  Mary,  for  one  hundred 
and  sixty  pounds,  conveyed  the  same  estate  to  Jonathan 
Hart  of  Beverly,  mariner,  July  13,  11 4S;^  and  Mr.  Hart 
became  a  yeoman.  He  conveyed  the  house,  barn  and 
land,  for  one  hundred  pounds,  to  Ebenezer  Peirce  of 
Salem,  mariner,  Oct.  15,  1783.2  Mr.  Pierce  died  ;  and 
his  widow  Lydia  Pierce,  as  administratrix  of  his  estate, 
for  fifty-eight  pounds,  conveyed  the  house  and  land  to 
Mrs.  Mary  Moulton  of  Beverly  Dec.  10,  1787.3  The 
writer  does  not  know  how  much  longer  the  house  stood. 

William  Woodbury  Lot.  That  part  of  this  lot  of  land 
lying  within  the  dashes  at  its  northerly  corner  was  con- 
veyed to  him  by  the  town  of  Beverly  Oct.  23,  1682.* 

The  remainder  of  the  lot  belonged  to  Mr,  Woodbury  at 
that  time. 

He  owned  the  entire  estate  in  1700. 

Estate  of  Richard  Woodbury  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  be- 
longed to  Richard  Woodbury  in  1692,  and  it  was  the 
property  of  his  father  Humphrey  Woodbury,  probably, 
before  him.  Richard  Woodbury  died  in  Boston,  on  his 
return  from  service  in  the  Canada  Expedition,  in  1690. 
In  his  will,  he  devised  one-half  of  his  estate  to  his  wife 
Sarah  Woodbury  and  the  other  half  to  his  sons  Richard, 
Josiah  and  David.  The  widow  married,  secondly,  John 
Poole,  and  removed  to  Gloucester.  The  place  belonged 
to  the  estate  in  1700. 

This  estate  was  probably  the  twenty  acres  of  land,  with 
the  dwelling  house,  which  was  conveyed,  for  sixteen 
pounds,  by  Guydo  Bayly  of  Salem,  gardener,  to  Hum- 
phrey Woodbery  of  Salem,  fisherman,  Oct.  11,  1652.^ 

John  Hill  Lot.  This  tract  of  land  was  a  part  of  the  lot 
granted  by  the  seven  men  of  Salem  to  Samuel  Edson  Aug. 
10,1642;  and  he  conveyed  it  to  William  Browne  of 
Salem,  merchant,  Sept.  24,  1655.^  Mr.  Browne  conveyed 
it  to  Zebulon  Hill  and  John  Hill,  both  of  Salem,  June  30, 
1669.^     They    were   coopers;  and    they    divided  the  lot 

'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  84,  leaf  274. 
*Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  142,  leaf  310. 
'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  151,  leaf  27. 
••Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  7,  leaf  5. 
•"Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  1,  leaf  16. 
*Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  2,  leaf  70. 


BY   SIDNEY  PERLEY  48 

April  17,  1685,  John  having  the  westerly  part  and  Zebu- 
Ion  the  easterly.i  Dea.  John  Hill  owned  his  part  in  1700. 

Zebulon  Hill  Lot.  This  tract  of  land  was  a  part  of  that 
which  was  granted  by  the  seven  men  of  Salem  to  Samuel 
Edson  Aug.  20,  1642;  and  he  conveyed  it  to  William 
Browne  of  Salem,  merchant,  Sept.  24,  1665.2  Mr,  Browne 
conveyed  it  to  Zebulon  Hill  and  John  Hill,  both  of  Salem, 
coopers,  June  30,  1659.2  They  divided  the  lot  April  17, 
1685,  John  having  the  westerly  part  and  Zebulon  the 
easterly.^  For  twenty  pounds,  Zebulon  conveyed  his 
part  of  the  lot  to  his  son  Zebulon  Hill  of  Salem,  mariner, 
Sept.  9,  1690.3  Zebulon  Hill,  jr.,  died  just  before  1700, 
when  it  belonged  to  his  estate. 

Joshua  Bisson  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  early  the 
property  of  Capt.  Thomas  Lathrop  of  Beverly,  who  was 
killed  by  the  Indians  at  Deerfield  Sept.  18,  1675.  He 
died  childless,  and  his  only  heir  was  his  sister  Ellen 
(Eleanor),  wife  of  Ezekiel  Cheever  of  Boston.  Mr. 
Cheever  conveyed  it  to  Thomas  Woodberry  of  Beverly, 
mariner,  Oct.  28, 1681  ;*  and  Mrs.  Cheever  released  it  to 
Mr.  Woodberry  Dec.  7,  1686.^  For  nineteen  pounds, 
Mr.  Woodberry  conveyed  it  to  Joshua  Bisson  of  Beverly, 
joiner,  Nov.  3,  1693  f  and  Mr.  Bisson  owned  it  in  1700. 

Cornelius  Baker  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  early  the 
estate  of  Capt.  Thomas  Lathrop  of  Beverly,  who  was 
.killed  by  the  Indians  at  Deerfield  Sept  18,  1675.  He 
died  childless,  his  only  heir  being  his  sister  Ellen  (Elea- 
nor), wife  of  Ezekiel  Cheever  of  Boston.  Mr.  Cheever 
conveyed  it  to  Thomas  Woodberry  of  Beverly,  mariner, 
Oct.  28,  1681  ;*  and  Mrs.  Cheever  released  it  to  Mr. 
Woodberry  Dec.  7,  1686.^  For  twenty-one  pounds,  Mr. 
Woodberry  conveyed  it  to  Cornelius  Baker  of  Beverly, 
blacksmith,  April  13, 1692  ;"and  Mr.  Baker  owned  itinl700. 

John  Higginson  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  early  the 
property  of  Capt.  Thomas  Lathrop   of  Beverly  ;    and    he 

'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  8,  leaf  18. 
«Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  2,  leaf  70. 
^Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  8,  leaf  170. 
*Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  6,  leaf  34. 
*Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  7,  leaf  94. 
•Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  13,  leaf  116. 
'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  19,  leaf  65. 


44  BEVERLY   IN  1700.   NO.   4 

was  killed  by  the  Indians  at  Deerfield  Sept.  18,  1675. 
He  died  childless,  his  only  heir  being  his  sister  Ellen 
(Eleanor),  wife  of  Ezekiel  Cheever  of  Boston,  school- 
master. Mr.  Cheever  conveyed  it  to  Thomas  Woodberry 
of  Beverly,  mariner,  Oct.  28,  1681  ;i  and  Mrs.  Cheever 
released  it  to  him  Dec.  7,  1686.2  Mr.  Woodberry  con- 
veyed it  to  John  Higginson,  jr.,  of  Salem,  merchant,  Oct. 
27, 1696  ;3  and  Mr.  Higginson  owned  it  in  1700. 

John  G-iles  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  belonged  to  Capt. 
Thomas  Lathrop  of  Beverly,  who  was  killed  by  the  Indians 
at  Deerfield  Sept.  18,  1675.  He  died  childless,  his  only 
heir  being  his  sister  Ellen  (Eleanor),  wife  of  Ezekiel 
Cheever  of  Boston,  schoolmaster.  Mr.  Cheever  conveyed 
it  to  Thomas  Woodberry  of  Beverly,  mariner,  Oct.  28, 
1681  ;i  and  Mrs.  Cheever  released  it  to  him  Dec.  7, 1686^^. 
Mr.  Woodberry  probably  conveyed  it  to  John  Giles  in  or 
before  1696  ;  and  it  belonged  to  him  in  1700. 

Isaac  Woodbury  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  belonged  to 
Capt.  Thomas  Lathrop  of  Beverly,  who  was  killed  by  the 
Indians  at  Deerfield  Sept.  18,  1675.  He  died  childless, 
his  only  heir  being  his  sister  Ellen  (Eleanor),  wife  of 
Ezekiel  Cheever  of  Boston.  Mr.  Cheever  conveyed  it  to 
Thomas  Woodberry  of  Beverly,  mariner,  Oct.  28,  1681  ;* 
and  Mrs.  Cheever  released  the  lot  to  him  Dec.  7,  1686.^ 

That  part  of  the  lot  lying  northerly  of  the  dashes  was 
conveyed  by  Mr.  Woodberry  to  his  brother  Isaac  Wood- 
bury of  Beverly,  mariner,  Oct.  20,  1690.'^ 

That  part  of  the  lot  lying  southerly  of  the  dashes  was 
conveyed  by  Thomas  Woodberry  to  John  Giles,  sr.,  of 
Beverly,  yeoman,  before  May  6,  1695,  when  the  latter 
conveyed  it,  for  twenty-four  pounds  in  silver,  to  Isaac 
Woodbury.^ 

Isaac  Woodbury  owned  the  entire  lot  in  1700. 

Joseph  Pride  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  belonged  to  Capt. 
Thomas  Lathrop  of  Beverly,  who  was  killed  by  the  In- 
dians at  Deerfield  Sept.  18,  1675.     He  died  childless,  his 

'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  6,  leaf  34. 
'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  7,  leaf  94. 
^'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  11,  leaf  198. 
*Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  9,  leaf  41. 
^Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  12,  leaf  47. 


BY    SIDNEY   PERLEY  45 

only  heir  being  his  sister  Ellen  (Eleanor),  wife  of  Ezekiel 
Cheever  of  Boston.  Mr.  Cheever  conveyed  it  to  Thomas 
Wood  berry  of  Beverly,  mariner,  Oct.  28,  1681  ;i  and 
Mrs.  Cheever  released  it  to  him  Dec.  7, 1686. ^  Mr.  Wood- 
berry  conveyed  it,  for  thirteen  pounds,  to  Joseph  Pride 
of  Beverly  Nov.  6,  1693  f  and  Mr.  Pride  owned  it  in 
1700. 

John  Pride  House.  The  town  of  Beverly  granted  this 
half -acre  lot  of  land  to  John  Pride  of  Beverly,  mariner, 
Nov.  5,  1678,  and  it  was  laid  out  Dec.  10,  1689.  He 
built  upon  it  a  house  in  which  he  lived.  He  died  in  the 
spring  of  1730,  intestate.  His  real  estate  consisted  of 
this  lot  of  land  with  "  some  orchard  on  it,"  valued  at 
fourteen  pounds,  and  "  an  old  house  Standing  on  S^  Land 
not  Inhabited,"  valued  at  one  pound  and  eleven  shillings. 
The  house  was  gone  soon  afterward  probably. 

Robert  Woodbury  House.  Isaac  Woodbury,  sr.,  of  Bev- 
erly, mariner,  conveyed  this  house  and  land,  which  was 
his  homestead,  to  his  son  Robert  Woodbury  of  Beverly, 
mariner,  June  3,  1698  •*  and  the  house  was  apparently 
gone  before  1742,  when  the  land  was  still  owned  by  Cap- 
tain Woodbury. 

John  Thorndike  House.  This  lot  of  land  belonged  to 
John  Thorndike  as  early  as  1668,  and  he  died  in  the 
autumn  of  1670,  having  in  his  will  devised  the  land  to 
his  son  Paul  Thorndike,  who  was  a  yeoman.  For  seventy 
pounds,  Capt.  Paul  Thorndike  conveyed  it  to  William 
Browne  of  Salem,  merchant,  Nov.  19,  1690.^  It  became 
the  property  of  Captain  Thorndike's  son  John  Thorndike 
of  Beverly,  husbandman,  who  probably  built  the  house 
now  standing  thereon  about  1696,  when  he  became  of  age. 
Capt.  John  Thorndike  died  March  13,  1760  ;  and  his 
heirs  released  their  interest  in  the  estate  to  his  grandson 
Isaac  Thorndike  and  Joseph  Rea,  who  had  married  a 
granddaughter  of  the  deceased.  This  part  of  the  home- 
stead became  the  property  of  Mr.  Rea.  He  lived  here  ; 
and,  for  four  hundred  pounds,  conveyed  the   house,  barn 

'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  6,  leaf  34. 
^Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  7,  leaf  94. 
^Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  14,  leaf  164. 
*Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  15,  leaf  68. 
Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  8,  leaf  183. 


46  BEVERLY   IN   1700.   NO.   4 

and  ten  acres  of  land  to  his  son  Isaac  Rea  of  Beverly, 
mariner,  Aug.  13,  1788.1  Isaac  Rea  conveyed  the  estate, 
for  three  hundred  pounds,  to  Ebenezer  Rea  of  Beverly, 
mariner,  Feb.  21,  1795.2  Ebenezer  Ray  lived  here,  being 
a  yeoman.  He  died  Nov.  11,  1843,  and  his  house,  barn 
and  six  acres  of  land  were  appraised  at  nine  hundred  and 
fift}'^  dollars.  His  heirs  released  their  interest  in  one-half 
of  the  homestead  to  his  daughter  widow  Hitty  Foster  of 
Beverly  March  20,  1844  f  and  on  the  same  day  they  re- 
leased the  other  half  to  his  daughter  Mary  Ray  of  Bev- 
erly, singlewoman.*  Mary  Ray  married  Elisha  Woodbury 
of  Beverly,  and,  for  two  hundred  and  ninety  dollars,  con- 
veyed to  James  Allen  of  Beverly  one-half  of  the  home- 
stead April  22,  1872  ;6  and  Mehitable  Foster  died  pos- 
sessed of  her  half  March  23,  1891.  Her  heirs,  James 
Allen,  jr.,  Ezra  F.  Allen,  Augusta  Prince  and  her  husband 
Augustus  B.  Prince,  widow  Mary  Ober,  Emma  F.  Smith, 
Etta  Brower,  singlewoman,  Caroline  F.  Williams,  widow, 
and  Philip  S.  Haskell,  guardian  of  Alice  S.  Haskell,  all 
of  Beverly,  for  four  hundred  dollars,  conveyed  her  half 
of  the  estate  to  James  Allen,  who  owned  the  other  half, 
May  8,  1891.^  Mr.  Allen  was  a  brother-in-law  of  the 
deceased.  He  died  Feb.  15,  1899  ;  and  in  the  inventory 
of  his  estate  "  The  old  Ray  dwelling  house  "  and  land 
were  appraised  at  one  thousand  dollars.  His  heirs,  James 
Allen  and  Ezra  F.  Allen,  Augustus  Prince,  Mary  A.  Ober, 
Emma  F.  Smith  and  Mary  E.  Swan,  all  of  Beverly,  con- 
veyed the  estate  to  Patrick  J.  Sullivan  of  Beverly  May 
23,  1901.7  Mr.  Sullivan  mortgaged  the  estate  to  the 
Beverly  Savings  Bank  ;  and  the  mortgage  was  foreclosed 
by  the  bank  by  sale  to  Charles  F.  Lee  of  Beverly  Aug. 
27,  1906.^  Mr.  Lee  conveyed  the  land  and  buildings  to 
Charles  H.  Tyler  of  Boston  Sept.  5, 1906  f  and  Mr.  Tyler 
still  owns  the  ancient  house. 

'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  147,  leaf  266. 
'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  163,  leaf  136. 
'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  343,  leaf  66. 
*Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  343,  leaf  67. 
*Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  870,  leaf  93. 
®Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  1309,  page  499. 
'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  1641,  page  457. 
^Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  1838,  page  99. 
'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  1838,  page  101. 


BY   SIDNEY    PERLEY  47 

Dorcas  SymmeB  Lot.  Richard  Brackenbury  of  Beverly 
owned  this  lot  of  land  in  1688  ;  and  he  conveyed  it  to 
his  son  John  Brackenbury  of  Boston,  mariner,  Sept.  1, 
1682.1  John  Brackenbury  removed  to  Charlestown,  and, 
for  love,  conveyed  it  to  his  daughter  Dorcas  Brackenbury 
March  24,  1690.^  She  married  Zachariah  Symmes  o 
Charlestown,  and  owned  the  lot  in  1700. 

Jonathan  Boiles  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  conveyed  by 
Capt.  Paiil  Thorndike  of  Beverly,  for  twenty-two  pounds, 
to  Jonathan  Boiles  of  Beverly,  weaver,  Dec.  3,  16  88;^  and 
Mr.  Boiles  owned  it  in  1700. 

Thomas  Woodherry  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  early  belonged 
to  Capt.  Thomas  Lathrop  of  Beverly,  who  was  killed  by 
the  Indians  at  Deerfield  Sept.  18,  1675.  He  died  child- 
less, his  only  heir  being  his  sister  Ellen  (Eleanor),  wife 
of  Ezekiel  Cheever  of  Boston,  schoolmaster.  Mr.  Cheever 
conveyed  it  to  Thomas  Woodberry  of  Beverly,  mariner, 
Oct.  28,  1681  ;*  and  Mrs.  Cheever  released  it  to  him  Dec. 
7,  1686.5     Mr.  Woodberry  owned  it  in  1700. 

Richard  Brackenbury  Lot.  Richard  Brackenbury  owned 
this  lot  in  1679  and  1700. 

George  Hull  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  part  of  the 
twenty-acre  lot  of  John  Patch  of  Beverly,  which  was  con- 
veyed by  him  to  Samuel  Knolton  of  Ipswich,  husband- 
man, July  1,  1671.6  Mr.  Knowlton  conveyed  it  to  George 
Hull  of  Beverly,  cooper,  Nov.  27,  1679  ;2  and  Mr.  Hull 
owned  it  in  1700. 

William  Cleaves  Lot.  That  part  of  this  lot  of  land 
lying  southeasterly  of  the  dashes  was  part  of  the  twenty- 
acre  lot  of  John  Patch  of  Beverly,  which  was  conveyed 
by  him  to  Samuel  Knolton  of  Ipswich,  husbandman,  July 
1, 1671.6  Mr.  Knowlton  conveyed  it  to  George  Hull  of 
Beverly,  cooper,  Nov.  27,  1679  ;^  and  on  the  next  day 
Mr.  Hull,  for  eleven  pounds  and  twelve  shillings   in  sil- 

'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  6,  leaf  63. 
^Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  12,  leaf  117. 
'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  9,  leaf  32. 
^Fssex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  6,  leaf  34. 
'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  7,  leaf  94. 
"Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  9,  leaf  178. 
'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  7,  leaf  8. 


48  BEVERLY   IN   1700.   NO.   4 

ver,  conveyed  this  portion  of  the  lot  to  William  Cleaves 
of  Beverly,  seaman. 

That  part  of  the  lot  lying  northwesterly  of  the  dashes 
was  conveyed  by  Paul  Thorndike  of  Beverly  to  Robert 
Bradford  Feb.  26,  1682  ;^  and  Mr.  Bradford  apparently 
conveyed  it  to  Mr.  Cleaves. 

Mr.  Cleaves  owned  the  entire  lot  in  1700. 

John  Williams  House.  John  Williams  of  Beverly,  fish- 
erman, owned  this  lot  of  land  in  1675,  apparently  having 
purchased  it  of  Capt.  Paul  Thorndike.  For  seven  pounds 
and  sixteen  shillings,  he  conveyed  it,  with  a  small  dwell- 
ing house  thereon,  to  William  Hirst  of  Salem,  merchant, 
Aug.  21,  1697.^  This  conveyance  was  probably  a  mort- 
gage. The  house  was  standing  and  belonging  to  John 
Williams,  sr.,  in  1702. 

John  Knight  House.  Samuel  Corning,  sr.,  of  Beverly, 
yeoman,  owned  this  lot  of  land  before  March  7,  1673-4, 
when  he  conveyed  it  to  John  Knight,  jr.,  of  Beverly,  car- 
pen  ter.^  Mr.  Knight  built  a  house  and  barn  thereon,  and 
lived  there.  For  fifty  pounds,  paid  to  him  and  his  father, 
John  Knight,  he  conveyed  the  estate  to  Robert  Brimsdon 
of  Boston,  merchant,  probably  in  mortgage,  May  8,  1675.* 
Captain  Knight  removed  to  Manchester,  and,  for  sixty- 
three  pounds,  conveyed  the  dwelling  house  and  land  to 
Sarah  Morgan,  widow  of  Samuel  Morgan,  jr.,  late  of 
Beverly,  cooper,  April  17,  1701.^  The  house  was  stand- 
ing and  the  property  of  Mrs.  Morgan  in  1702. 

William  Olark  House.  This  lot  of  land  belonged  to 
William  Clark  of  Beverly,  fisherman,  in  1677,  and  he 
probably  built  a  house  thereon  soon  afterward.  He  lived 
here  until  he  conveyed  the  land  with  the  house  and  barn 
thereon  to  his  son  Samuel  Clark  of  Beverly,  weaver,  and 
his  wife  Susannah  March  21,  1717-8.^  The  house  was 
apparently  gone  before  1729. 

William  Oleaves  House.  That  part  of  this  lot  lying 
easterly  of  the  dashes  was  conveyed    by  Nathaniel  Stone 

'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  7,  leaf  3. 
^Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  12,  leaf  100. 
'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  14,  leaf  116. 
*Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  4,  leaf  115. 
*'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  14,  leaf  157. 
•Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  33,  leaf  147. 


JOHN  THORNDIKE  HOUSE 


BY   SIDNEY  PERLEY  49 

of  Beverly,  yeoman,  to  William  Cleaves  of  Beverly,  fish- 
erman, Nov.  1,  1677  ;i  and  Mr.  Cleaves  built  a  house 
thereon  immediately. 

That  part  of  the  lot  lying  westerly  of  the  dashes  was 
granted  to  Mr.  Cleaves  by  the  town  of  Beverly  Nov.  5, 
1678. 

Mr.  Cleaves  owned  the  entire  estate  in  1700. 

John  Thorndike  Lot.  Capt.  Paul  Thorndike  owned  this 
lot  of  land,  and  died  possessed  of  the  same  in  1698 ;  and 
it  belonged  to  his  son  John  Thorndike  in  1700. 

Estate  of  William  Livermore  House.  This  lot  of  land 
was  conveyed  by  John  Raiment,  sr.,  of  Beverly,  yeoman, 
for  twenty-five  pounds,  to  William  Livermore  of  Beverly, 
planter.  May  25,  1671.^  Mr.  Livermore  lived  here  until 
his  decease  about  1691.  The  estate  passed  to  Thomas 
Whittridge  about  1700. 

On  the  northerly  side  of  this  lot  was  half  an  acre  of 
land,  which  the  town  of  Beverly  granted  to  Mr.  Livermore 
as  an  addition  to  his  houselot  March  28,  1671. 

Andrew  Elliott  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  granted  by 
the  town  of  Beverly  to  Lt.  Andrew  Elliott  Jan.  21, 
1689-90  ;  and  he  owned  it  in  1700. 

'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  5,  leaf  14. 
"Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  4,  leaf  56. 


ABRAHAM  HOWE  AND  SOME  OF  HIS 
DESCENDANTS. 


BY   M.    V.    B.    PERLEY. 


Abraham  Howe  was  born  in  England,  and  went  to 
Roxbury  with  his  wife  about  1636.  He  located  on  the 
road  to  the  Neck,  his  lands  adjoining  those  of  his  brother 
James,^  and  his  house  and  lot  were  paled  in. 

He  was  confirmed  a  member  of  the  church  14.  3m. 
1654  ;  was  a  weaver  by  trade  ;  fined  ten  shillings  for  har- 
boring a  stranger ;  was  constable  ;  frequently  fence-view- 
er ;  on  various  committees,  such  as,  to  collect  a  penny  per 
acre  to  build  more  road  gates  ;  on  fences  including  "down 
to  the  river ;"  in  1659  to  report  the  number  of  acres 
under  cultivation ;  etc.  He  owned  a  swamp  on  the  road 
to  the  fresh  meadows  ;  50  acres  in  the  great  lots,  and  in 
1657  was  joint  owner  of  a  thousand  acres  in  Dedham.^ 

He  married  "  a  godly  woman,"  who  died  the  "  first 
week"  (10),  1645.  He  married  again.  His  will  was 
made  26  May,  1676,  and  proved  2  Nov.,  1676  ;  and  his 
executors  were  his  son  Israel  and  (perhaps  son-in-law) 
Thomas  Pearce.  His  sons  Abraham,  Isaac  and  Israel  had 
his  Dorchester  estate. 

Children : — 

2.    AbkahAm,  b. ;  "the  oldest  son.'l 

8.    Elizabeth,  b. ;  joined  church;  m.  and  had  children. 

4.     Sabah,  b. ;  m.  and  had  Joseph,  Isaac,  Sarah;  d.   25  Nov., 

1676. 
6.     IsAAO,  b.  24  June,  1639,  in  Roxbury. 

'For  an  account  of  James  Howe  and  his  descendants  see  Essex 
Institute  Historical  Collections,  vol.  LIV. 

^Abraham  Howe  of  Roxbury  is  said  to  have'been  early  in  Ipswich. 
There  is  a  deed  dated  London,  Eng.,  June  1,  1655,  conveying  land  at 
the  Farms,  Ipswich,  wherein  Abraham  Howe  is  named  as  one  of  the 
owners  of  adjoining  land. 

(50) 


ABRAHAM  HOWE  51 

6.  Dbbobah,   b.  2  or  4  Sept.,  1641,  in  Roxbnry;  m.  25  Feb.,  1673, 

Joseph  Skilton. 

7.  IsBAEi.,  b.  7  and  bp.  14  July,  1644,  in  Roxbury. 

8.  Hbstkb  or  Esther,  b. ;  m.   first,   Henry  Mason;   second, 

John  Sears.  Her  will,'  Woburn,  2  March,  1679-80,  calls 
Isaac  Howe  brother,  and  speaks  of  sister  Deborah  Skelton 
and  brother  Abraham's  son  Abraham.  One  paper  calls 
Abraham  Howe  cousin  to  Mason,  and  another  says  Abraham 
palled  Goodman  Sears  and  wife  cousins.  James  Howe,  Sr* 
(aged  about  80,  1681),  called  Goodman  Sears  and  wife  cous- 
ins. This  seems  to  make  brothers  of  the  two  men,  Abra- 
ham and  James,  who  took  the  freeman's  oath  together  in 
1637  and  lived  contiguously. 

2.     Abraham  Howe,   bom ,  "  the  eldest  son  ;"  a 

merchant  in  Boston,  where  he  died  "  20th,"  and  was 
buried  in  Roxbury  21  (9),  1683.  His  inventory,  3  Dec, 
1683,  was  £323,  18«.  9d. 

Children  : — 

9.  Abraham,  b.  27  Mar.,  1653,  in  Roxbury. 

10.  Isaac,  bp.  30  (1),  1656. 

5.  Isaac  Howe,  born  in  Roxbury,  24  June,  1639  ; 
died   in   Dorchester    11  or  15  Sept.,  1714.     He  married 

Hannah ,  who  had  been  a   member   of  the  Ipswich 

church  and  who  died  iu  Dorchester,  20  Dec,  1728. 

Children : — 

11.  Isaac,  b.  7  July,  1678. 

12.  Abraham,  b.  7  April,  1680. 

Is.     Samuel,  b.  17  June,  1685;  d.  4  Dec,  1688-9. 

14.  Hannah,  b.  18  Mar.,  1688-9. 

7.  Israel  Howe,  born  in  Roxbury,  7  July,  1644  » 
took  the  freeman's  oath  2  Dec,  1680.  He  had  liberty, 
1676-7,  to  take  a  load  of  "clabords"  from  the  Common 
swamp.  In  1680-81  he  was  tithingman,  and  was  several 
years  fence-viewer.  One  Town  rate  met  with  was  4».  lOd. 
He  had  a  wife  Tabitha  in  1695.  His  home  was  in  Dor- 
chester. 

Children  ; — 

15.  Israel,  b.  24  Sept.,  1676. 

16.  Susannah,  b.  11  Nov.,  1678. 

^Quarterly  Court  Records,  vol.  34,  p.  116;  vol.  36,  pp.  70-72. 


52  ABBAHAM   HOWE 

17.  JoHK,  b.  18  Sept.,  1681. 

18.  JAMKS,  b.  14  Nov.,  1683. 

19.  Nathaniel,  b.  27  Mar.,  1686.    Had:  Joshua,  b.  Dorchester,  to 

Nath.  and  wife  Sarah,  28  Feb.,  1720. 

20.  Joseph,  b.  22 ,  1688-9. 

21.  Timothy,  b.  6  July,  1691. 

22.  David,  b.  19  April,  1696. 

23.  Zebuiah. 

9.  Abraham  Howe,   baptized  in  Roxbury  25  Sept., 

1653;  died  there  15  (7),  1683.     He  married  Sarah , 

who,  before  1688,  married,  second,  Samuel  Knight.     He 
was  a  farmer  and  joined  the  church  24  (1),  1678. 

Children,  born  in  Roxbury : — 

24.  Sabah,  b.  8  Dec,  1676;  d.  22  Sept.,  1724. 

25.  Elizabeth,  b.  23  Nov.,  1678. 

26.  Abbaham,  bp.  2  (11),  1680. 

27.  ABiaAiL,  b.  27  Mar.,  1682;  d.  12  Jan.,  1684. 

10.  Isaac  Howe,  baptized  in  Roxbury  30  March^ 
1656  ;  had  35  acres  in  the  second  range  of  lots  ;  joined 
the  church  31  Oct.,  1686.  He  married  11  May,  1685, 
Rebecca  How,  daughter  of  James,  r.,  of  Ipswich.  She 
was  a  widow  of  Charlestown,  18  May,  1719,  when  she 
deeded  her  interest  in  her  grandfather  William  Jackson's 
estate  to  David  Foster.  She  was  alive  in  Stoneham,  26 
Feb.,  1733-4.  His  will  was  drawn  7  July,  1711,  and 
"  lodged  "  22  Feb.,  1717. 

Children :—  * 

28.  Isaac,  b.  "Howe"  31  (8),  and  bp.  "How"  7  (9),  1686,  in  Rox* 

bury. 

29.  Abbaham,  b.  24  Oct.,  1689,  in  Roxbury;  joined  the  church  in 

1718. 

30.  Abigail,  b.  4  Feb.,  1691-2,  in  Roxbury. 

31.  Abijah. 

32.  Jacob,  b. ;  int.  20  Jan.,  1720-1,  Eleanor  Sherwin. 

33.  John,  b. in  Charlestown;  m.  13  Feb.,  1717-18,  Sarah;Gould^ 

84.    Naomi,  b.  22  April,  1701;  m.  Joseph  Holden. 

11.  Isaac  Howe,  of  Dedham,  born  7  July,  1678; 
died  26  Aug.,  1760,  in  his  83d  year.  He  had  25  acres 
in  the  second  range  of  lots,  and  received  for  a  soldier, 
himself  or  some  other,  £1.  lis.  9  l-2d.     He  married   2ft 


AND  SOME   OF   HIS   DESCENDANTS  53 

Nov.,  1702,  Submit,  daughter   of  Thomas  Bird,  born  IS 
May,  1678,  and  died  2  Oct.,  1760. 
Children : — 

S6.  Thomas,  b.  23  Sept.,  1703. 

86.  Maby,  b.  29  Nov.,  1704. 

37.  Submit,  b.  10  April,  1707. 

88.  Thomas,  b.  12  Oct.,  1709. 

89.  Samuel,  b.  27  July,  1711. 

40.  Isaac,  b.  16  Jane,  1715. 

41.  JosKPH,  b.  27  Mar.,  1717;  d.  17  Sept.,  1793. 

42.  Joshua,  b.  16  Dec,  1718. 

43.  Sabah,  b.  18  May,  1722;  d.  22  Sept.,  1724. 

21.  Timothy  Howe,  born  7  July,  1691 ;  married  Dor- 
cas   and  lived  in  Dorchester. 

Children : — 

44.  DoBOAs,  b. in  Dorchester;  d.  18  Jan.,  1725-6,  aged  9  years. 

45.  Susannah,  b.  2  July,  1719. 

46.  DoBOAs,  b.  28  Jan.,  1726-7;  d.  18  Jan.,  1729. 

47.  David,  b.  13  Sept.,  1728;  d.  15  May,  1729. 

48.  Abigail,  b.  9  Sept.,  1730. 

49.  MosBS,  b.  30  Nov.,  1731. 
60.  Tabitha,  b.  12  Dec,  1732. 

28.  Isaac  Howe,  baptized  31  (8)  or  7  (9),  1686.  He 
married  26  June,  1712,  Lydia  Jackson;  removed  to  Fra- 
mingham  in  1720  ;  married,  second,  16  Oct.,  1739,  Eliza- 
beth, widow  of  William  Edgell;  and  died  20  Oct,  1770. 

Children : — 

51.  Jbbbmiah,  b.  16  May,  1718. 

62.  Isaac,  b.  4  Dec,  1719;  d.  y. 

53.  Lydia,  b.  18  Nov.,  1721. 

54.  Elizabeth,  b.  14  April,  1723 ;  blind  from  18  years  of  age;  d.  a. 

about  90  yrs. 

55.  Abigail,  b.  28  Jan.,  1725;  m.  1  Jan.,  1746,  John  Blaekman  of 

Dorchester. 

56.  Isaac,  b.  20  Sept.,  1728. 

67.  Sabah,  b.  28  June,  1730. 

68.  Maby. 

59.  Joseph,  b.  3  May,  1747. 

60.  Abbaham. 

32.  Jacob  Howe,  married,  int.  20  Jan.,  1720-1, 
Eleanor   Sherwin    (bom  28  June,  1696 ;  died   11  Aug., 


54  ABRAHAM   HOWE 

1757).  He  joined  the  church  in  1716  ;  married,  second, 
Sarah  Holgate,  and  died  in  Linebrook  Parish  (formerly 
"The  Farms  "),  6  Feb.,  1772.  He  occupied  the  Sherwin 
homestead,  later  his  son  Jacob's,  then  "  the  Morgan 
place"  and  now  included  in  the  extensive  fields  of  D. 
Sydney  Perley.  It  was  located  just  across  the  meadow 
from  Mr.  Perley 's,  a  few  rods  from  Potter's  Island  and 
Winthrop  Brook. 
Children  : — 

61.  Jacob,  b.  9  Feb.,  1723-4,  in  Charlestown. 

62.  Abbaham,  b.  9  Dec,  1725,  in  Stoneham;  d.   14  Ang.,  1808,  a 

blind  man  at  the  almshouse. 

63.  Hannah,  b.  2  June,  1728,  in  Stoneham. 

64.  Hannah,  b.  1  June,  1729,  in  Stoneham. 

65.  Philemon,  b.  13  Jan.,  1730-1,  in  Stoneham. 

66.  James,  b.  7  May,  1733,  in  Stoneham. 

57.  Eleanor,  b.  11  Aug.,  1736,  in  Stoneham, 

68.  Abijah. 

69.  Maby,  d.  young. 

70.  Maby,  m.  16  April,  1771,  in  Linebrook   Parish,   Asa  Brockle-' 

bank  (b.  Rowley  15  Aug.,  1745;  d.  Rindge,  N.  H.,    12  Dec, 
1826);  farmer;  had  5  children. 

71.  Jemima. 

72.  Elizabeth. 

38.  Thomas  Howe  of  Dorchester,  born  12  Oct., 
1709  ;  married  22  Nov.,  1733,  Sarah  Searle. 

Children  : — 

73.  Thomas,  b.  24  Aug.,  1735. 

74.  Thankful,   b.   1  Aug.,  1737;  m.   in  Dedham,   18  June,  1761, 

Thomas  Leads,  of  Dorchester. 

75.  Sabah,  b.  25  Nov.,  1739;  m.  27  Mar.,   1760,   Benjamin  Swan, 

both  of  Dedham. 

76.  Submit,   b.  15  Dec,  1741;  m.   25  Dec,  1760,   in  Dedham,   Na- 

thaniel Wetherbee. 

77.  Hannah,  b.  6  July,  1747. 

39.  Samuel  Howe,  b.  22  July,  1711 ;  died  16  Sept., 
1780;  married  2  Dec,  1736,  Elizabeth  Clapp,  both  of 
Dorchester.     She  died  6  Aug.,  1764. 

Children,  born  in  Dorchester  : —  , 

78.  Samuel,  b.  15  Jan.,  1737. 

79..  John,  b.  20  June,  1739;  d.  12  Sept.,  1740. 


AND  SOME  OF  HIS   DESCENDANTS  56 

80.  John,  b.  17  June,  1741. 

81.  Elizabeth,  b.  9  June,  1744. 

82.  Abraham,  b.  21  April,  1746. 

83.  Hannah,  b.  1  Oct.,  1748;  m.   19  Sept.,   1771,  Moses  Vose  of 

Milton. 

84.  Mary,  b.  17  Oct.,  1750. 

85.  •Sabau,  b.  25  July,  1753. 

56.  Isaac  Howe,  born  20  Sept.,  1728 ;  married  in 
Framingham,  5  Aug.,  1749,  Rebecca  Edgell,  probably 
daughter  of  his  step-mother. 

Children : — 

86.  Asa,  bp.  29  April,  1750. 

87.  Simon,  bp.  12  Sept.,  1756. 

88.  Isaac,  bp.  18  Feb.,  1759,  of  Isaac  deed. 

61.  Jacob  Howe,  born  in  Charlestown,  9  Feb.,  1723- 
4  ;  died  in  Linebrook  Parish,  Ipswich,  1  Aug.,  1806.  He 
married  21  Nov.,  1751,  Lydia  Davis  (born  19  Oct.,  1731 ; 
died  2  Feb.,  1808),  a  neighbor  whose  home  is  now  marked 
by  "  the  Davis  orchard,"  a  part  of  the  arable  lands  of  J. 
Coggin  Conant. 

Jacob  and  Jacob,  Jr.,  were  Minutemen  in  the  Revolu- 
tion and  served  till  1780.  The  father's  residence  was 
Ipswich.  The  boy  away  from  home  working,  perhaps 
apprenticed,  lived  in  Newbury. 

Children : — 

89.  Hannah,  b.  1  Feb.,  1752;  drowned  in  well  26  June,  1756. 

90.  Maby,  bp.  28  April,  1754;  m.  9  Feb.,  1780,  John  Kilburn,  both 

of  Rowley. 

91.  Hannah,  b.  29  May,  1757;  had  fits;  d.  26  June,  1806. 

92.  Jacob,  bp.  27  July,  1760. 

93.     ,  b. ;  d.  15  July,  1763. 

94.  David,  bp.  17  June,  1764;  of  Epsom,  N.  H.,  1804. 

95.  Lydia,  bp.  23  Aug.,  1767;  m.  23  Aug.,  1792,  Abraham  Drake 

of  Chichester,  N.  H. 

96.  Salome,  bp.  23  Aug.,  1767;  m.,  as  Sally,  29  Nov.,  1790. 

97.     ,  b.  19  Aug.,  1767;  d.  19  Aug.,  1767,  "soon  after  birth." 

98.  Raohbl,  bp.  10  June,  1770;  m.  19  July,  1796,   Stephen  Stiles, 

Bridgton,  Me. 

99.  Abigail,   bp.  10  June,  1770;  d.  8  July,  1814;  m.  1st,  Gregory 

Durgin,  2d,  Moses  Cheney ;  3  children. 
100.    Isaac,  bp.  6  June,  1773;  int.  12  Jan.,  1797,  Rachel  Morrill  of 
Chester,  N.  H. 


66  ABRAHAM   HOWE 

101.  Deborah,  bp.  6  Jane,  1773;  d.  15  July,  1773. 

62.  Abraham  Howe,  3d,  born  Stoneham,  9  Dec, 
1725 ;  died  a  blind  man  in  Ipswich,  aged  83  years.  He 
was  a  Minuteman.i     He  married  Elizabeth  . 

Children : — 

102.  MosBS,  bp.  7  July,  1754;  was  a  Minuteman,  and  continued  in 

the  service,  1775-7;  m.  19  Feb.,  1778,  Love  Gallop;  both 
joined  the  Linebrook  church  25  April,  1779. 

103.     ,  child;  d.  15  April,  1757. 

104.  Jacob,  bp.  16  April,  1758;  d.  6  May,  1758. 

105.  Elizabkth,  bp.  18  May,  1760;  d.  8  June,  1760. 

106.  Betty,  bp.  11  Oct.,  1761;  d.  4  July,  1763. 

107.  Daniel,  bp.  Ipsvrich,  17  June,  1764;  agreed  to  serve  in  the 

Revolution  for  3  years,  for  350  Spanish  milled  dollars;  for 
or  from  Ipswich,  29  Mar.,  1781;  m.  Sarah  Daniels  of  Row- 
ley, 8  April,  1784. 

108.  Sarah,  bp.  24  Jan.,  1768. 

109.  Abraham,  bp.  28 ,  1770;  d.  4  Sept.,  1771. 

110.  Abraham,  bp.  18  Oct.,  1772;  d.  9  June,  1774. 

66.  Philemon  Howe,  born  18  Jan.,  1730-1,  in  Stone- 
ham;  died  6  July,  1819.  He  married  4  July,  1754,  Sarah 
Kilburn,  who  died  22  April,  1809,  aged  81.  He  probably 
lived  on  Batchelder's  Brook,  Rowley. 

Children : — 

111.  Reuben,  b.  9  May,  1755. 

112.  Sarah,  b.  12  Nov.,  1757;  m.  22  Aug.,  1776,  John  Daniels,  Jr., 

of  Rowley. 

113.  Martha,  bp.  20  July,  1760. 

114.  George,  b.  25  Nov.,  1766. 

73.  Thomas  Howe,  Jr.,  born  24  Aug.,  1735  ;  died 
probably  in  1816.  He  married  23  Mar.,  1763,  Hannah 
Leeds,  born  in  Dorchester,  to  Consider  and  Margaret,  17 
Mar.,  1740-1,  and  died  in  1807. 

Children  : — 

'The_writer  has  this  letter  written  by  Abraham  Howe  to  his 
cousin  Nathaniel  Howe,  Linebrook  Parish: — "Cambridge,  June  22, 
1775.  Cousin  Howe:  Sir,  I  would  let  you  know  that  I  am  well  and 
I  hope  to  find  you  so,  and  I  would  inform  you  that  I  like  better  than 
I  expected  but  we  bad  a  smart  brnsh  with  our  enemies  and  they 
got  the  advantage  of  us  upon  Bunker's  Hill  but  we  have  built  a  fort 
upon  Winter  Hill  and  have  got  some  cannon  fixed  and  we  hope  to 
get  the  advantage  of  them  and  I  desire  to  be  remembered  to  all  my 
friends,  and  I  still  remain  your  friend  Abraham  Howe  Third.'' 


AND  SOME  OF   HIS   DESCENDANTS  5T« 

115.  Rebeooa,  b.  4  Dec,  1763;  m.  16  May,  1784,  Samuel  Thayer. 

116.  Thomas,  b.  7  July,  1765. 

117.  Joseph,  b.  3  April,  1768. 

118.  William,  b.  17  Aug.,  1770. 

119.  Joshua,  b.  7  Aug.,  1772;  m.   Dedham,   15  April,  1794,  Sally 

Houghton. 

78.  Samuel  Howe,  born  15  Jan.,  1737;  married  18 
Oct.,  1759,  Margaret  Preston,  both  of  Dorchester,  where 
she  died  2  May,  1778,  of  smallpox. 

Children  :— 

120.  Samuel,  b.  15  Jan.,  1761;  d.  11  Oct.,  1762. 

121.  Samuel,  b.  25  Jan.,  1763;  d.  4  Feb.,  1763. 

122.  Elizabeth,  b.  —  Sept.,  1764 ;  d.  14  Oct.,  1764. 

123.  Lois,  b.  12  June,  1765;  d.  5  Jan.,  1777. 

124.  Mart,  b.  2  Feb.,  1766. 

125.  Sabah,  or  Samuel,  b.  1  May,  1768. 

126.  Haknah,  b.  2  Oct.,  1769;  m.  14  Aug.,  1783,  Edward  Glorer^ 

Jr.,  both  of  Dorchester. 

127.  Samuel,  b.  5  April,  1771;  d.  9  April,  1772. 

128.  Ltdia,  b.  9  Sept.,  1773;  d.  26  May,  1793. 

80.     John  Howe,  born  17  June,  1741 ;  died  22 , 


1818,  aged  77.  He  married  29  Nov.,  1764,  Rachel  Glover, 
who  died  1  June,  1811,  aged  55  years. 
Children  : — 

129.  John,  b.  4  Sept.,  1755;  "John,  Esq.,  d.  May  20, 1825." 

130.  Elizabeth,  b.  20  May,  1767. 
181.     Geobge,  b.  6  July,  1769. 

132.  Rachel,  b.  25  Aug.,  1771;  d.  30  May,  1773. 

133.  Rachel,  b.  19  Aug.,  1773;  m.  Roxbury,  6  Dec,  1798,  Edward 

Robinson. 

134.  Joseph,  b.  1  Dec,  1775;  d.  23  Sept.,  1776. 

135.  Joseph,  b.  1  April,  1778. 

136.  James,  b.  25  Jan.,  1781. 

82.  Abraham  Howe,  born  in  Dorchester,  21  April, 
1746;  died  24  Mar.,  1811,  aged  65.  He  married  30 
Oct.,  1769,  Patience  Blake  of  Dorchester,  who  died  24 
Feb.,  1810. 

Children : — 

137.  Abbaham,  b.  15  Jan.,  1771. 

138.  James  Blake,  b.  31  Mar.,  1773;  m.  22  Nov.,  1797,  Sally  Adams 

Budlam,  both  of  Dorchester. 


58  ABRAHAM   HOWE 

139.  Bktsky,  b.  23  Jan.,  1775. 

140.  Patience,  b.  30  Aug.,  1777. 

141.  Polly,  b.  6  Dec,  1779;  m.  17  Dec,  1801,  David  Baker  of  Rox- 

bury. 

142.  Edwabd,  b.  12  July,  1783. 

143.  Nancy,  b.  9  Aug.,  1785;  d.  20  Jan.,  1787. 

144.  Nancy,  b.  16  Dec,  1788. 

92.  Jacob  Howe,  born  in  Ipswich  19  June,  1760  ; 
died  30  Jan.,  1830;  buried  in  Norway,  Me.  He  was  a 
Minuteman  with  his  father  in  the  Revolution.  He  mar- 
ried 17  Dec,  1783,  Betsey  Foster,  born  10  Aug.,  1763, 
in  Boxford,  to  Moses  and  Hannah  (Putnam)  Foster,  grand- 
niece  of  Gen.  Israel  Putnam,  She  died  in  Paris,  Me., 
1853.  He  was  post-rider  from  1798  and  the  first  in  Ox- 
ford Co.,  Me.  Weekly  for  four  years  he  served  the 
towns  of  Fryeburg,  Bridgton,  Waterford,  Gorham,  et  aU 
about  Portland.     He  was  a  pensioner  from  1818. 

Children : — 

145.  Fanny,  b.  4  Aug.  or  Sept.,  1784,   in   Baldwin,  Me.;  m.  Abner 

Smith,  millwright,  of  Bridgton;  3  children;  d.  31  Jan.,  1874» 
Dedham,  Mass. 

146.  Jesse,  b.  16  Feb.,  1786. 

147.  Salome,  b.  5  Dec,  1787;  m.  (1st  w.  of)  Ebenezer  Greenwood; 

6  children. 

148.  Jacob,  b.  17  Mar.,  1790;  d.  at  sea. 

149.  Betsey,  b.  1  May,   1792;  m.  William  Swan    of  Denmark;   9^ 

children. 

150.  Jeremiah,  b.  14  May,  1794. 

151.  HuLDAH,  b.  25  May,  1796;  m.  11  May,  1815,  Nathaniel  Green- 

wood of  Farmington,    who   d.    15   April,    1767.     She  d.  17 
July,  1892,  aged  96  yrs.;  10  children. 

152.  Lydia,  b.  28  April,  1798;  m.  Zibeon  Field;  d.  9  Nov.,  1847. 

153.  RoxANNA,  b.  30  June,  1800;  m.  Adams  Twitehell  of  Portland; 

5  children. 

154.  Polly,  b.  5  July,  1802;  m.  Peter  Coburn  of  Lincoln. 

155.  Miranda,  b.  13  May,  1805,  in  Bridgton;  m.  Alexander  Eames  j 

11  children. 

111.  Reuben  Howe,  born  9  May,  1755;  died  18 
July,  1835,  nearly  or  quite  blind.  He  served  in  the  Rev- 
olution and  was  a  pensioner  under  the  law  of  7  June, 
1832.  He  married  21  Dec,  1780,  Lucy  Wood,  who  died 
17  Dec,  1796.  He  married,  second,  7  April,  1797,  Judith 


AND   SOME  OF   HIS  DESCENDANTS  59, 

Tenney,  who  died    10  Dec,  1809.     He  was  published  6 
Oct.,  1810,  with  Elizabeth,   born  11  May,  1769,  to  John 
Bailey  of  Manchester,  and  died  9  July,  1855. 
Children : — 

156.    ,  ch.,  b. ;  d.  26  Dec,  1787,  a.  abt.  7  yrs. 

157.  Lucy,  b.  27  May,  1786;  m.  9  June,  1810,  Philemon  Daniels  of 

Rowley. 

158.  Thomas,  b.  7  Oct.,  1787. 

159.  Susannah,  b.  28  April,  1790. 

160.  Reuben,  b.  16  Oct.,  1792. 

161.  Moses  [Wood],  b.  26  Aug.,  1795. 

162.  Judith,  b.  21  Jan.,  1798;  int.  11  May,  1822,   Oliver  Bailey  of 

Rowley. 

163.    ,  a  son,  b. ;  d.  15  June,  1803. 

114.  George  Howe,  born  Rowley,  25  Nov.,  1766 ;  d. 
in  Rowley,  12  Dec,  1842.  He  married  in  Newbury,  9 
June,  1798,  Deborah  Chapman,  who  died  in  Rowley,  18 
Mar.,  1861,  aged  85  years.  His  homestead  was  that  lately 
owned  by  Edward  Millett  (who  built  a  new  house  on  the 
site  of  the  old  one),  just  east  of  the  turnpike  and  near 
Batchelder's  Brook  on  the  Georgetown-Rowley  highway. 

Children  : — 

164.  Debobah,  b.  11  Mar.,  1799;  m.  20  July,  1819,   Joshua  Millett, 

a  neighbor  and  brother  to  Edward  above. 

165.  Dolly,  b.  26  Aug.,  1801;  int.  19  June,  1830,  John  N.  Pearson 

of  Ipswich. 

166.  Apphia  Perkins,  b.  25  Mar.,  1805;  d.  21  June,  1880,  in   Box- 

ford. 

167.  Phebe  KiLBUBN,  b.  16  Nov.,  1807;  m.    10   Nov.,   1829,   Amos 

Jewett  of  Ipswich,  farmer  and  shoemaker;  had  Amos  Wen- 
dall,  b.  21  Sept.,  1831;  d.  22  July,  1859. 

168.  Sabah  M.,  b.  27  Feb.,  1810;  m.  —  Feb.,  1833,  Joseph  D.  Clark. 

169.  Geoboe  Washington,  b.  5  July,  1812. 

170.  William  Fbedbbiok,  b.  10  Aug.,  1814. 

116.  Thomas  Howe,  Jr.,  carpenter,  born  Dedham,  7 
July,  1765  ;  died  22  Dec,  1805.  He  married  30  Aug., 
1789,  Hannah  Withington,  Dorchester,  born  2  June,  1767, 
to  Elijah  and  Mary. 

Child  :— 

171.  Elijah,  b.  Dedham,  21  Oct.,  1792. 


60  ABRAHAM  HOWE 

118.  William  Howe,  born  in  Dcdham,  17  Aug., 
1770 ;  was  a  machinist,  builder  of  cotton  factories  and 
superintendent,  at  East  Dedham  and  Holmesburg,  Pa. 
He  married  (int.  30  Dec),  1796,  Mary  Gould  of  Dedham. 

Children : — 

172.  GBOseB,  b.  Dedham,  6  Nov.,  1802. 

173.  Rachkl  Dwight,  b.  Dedham,  19  Feb.,  1806;  d.  Cornwall,  Vt., 

1  Nov.,  1866;  m.  28  Oct.,  1830,  Rev.  Lyman  Matthews,  b.  12 
May,  1801,  in  Middlebury,  Vt.,  and  d.  Cornwall,  17  Aug., 
1866. 

174.  William,  b.  20  Nov.,  1811. 

129.  John  Howe,  Jr.,  born  4  Sept.,  1765  ;  died  20 
May,  1825.  He  married  12  July,  1781,  Relief  Nash, 
both  of  Rochester.     She  died  19  Feb.,  1824,  aged  61. 

Children  : — 

175.  Joseph,  b.  26  July,  1782. 

176.  Simon,  b.  27  Oct.,  1785. 

177.  J  OH  ANN  AH,  b.  27  Mar.,  1790. 

178.  Timothy,  b. ,  1792;  d.  July,  1795. 

179.  Eliza,  b.  27  Aug..  1794. 

146.  Capt.  Jessie  Howe,  born  16  Feb.,  1786.  He 
married,  first,  30  Mar.,  1809,  Lydia,  born  16  Aug.,  1784, 
to  Asa  Dunham  of  Norway,  a  first  settler  and  Revolu- 
tionary soldier,  died  20  Dec,  1841 ;  married,  second,  1 
Jan.,  1843,  Betsey  Shurtleff ;  died  2  Mar.,  1870,  Paris. 

Children : — 

180.  Henry,  b.  11  Jan.,  1810. 

181.  Jacob  Foster,  b.  30  Nov.,  1811. 

182.  -Jeremiah,  b.  18  April,  1814. 

183.  Jesse,  b.  11  April,  1816. 

184.  Eli,  b.  8  April,  1818,   in  Sumner,  Me.;  m.   8:    14:   1856,  Mrs. 

Paulina  (Baker)  Howe  of  Dedham,  b.  in  Lee  to  Edward  and 
Esther  Baker.     She  d.  in  Canada,  4  Mar.,  1859,  aged  35  y. 

185.  Cyrus  Hamlin,  b.  24  Sept.,  1820. 

186.  Benjamin  Franklin,  b.  25  Sept.,  1822;  m.  Paulina  Baker;  d. 

19  June,  1851,  in  Lincoln. 

187.  Edwin  Wallace,  b.  3  Feb.,  1826;  m.,  1st,  23  Mar.,  1851,  Mary 

Ann  Beal  of  Norway;  m.,  2d,  Abby  D.  Hill  of  Wiscasset;  d. 
Norway,  10  Feb.,  1890. 

188.  William  Ruthven,  b.  15  April,  1857. 


AND   SOME   OF   HIS   DESCENDANTS  61 

150.  Capt.  Jeremiah  Howe,  born  14  May,  1794; 
married  Sylvia,  daughter  of  Jephtha  Benson,  and  is  buried 
in  Sumner,  Me.  He  was  bound  out  at  6  years ;  at  18 
years  he  bought  his  minority  of  his  father  and  walked  to 
New  York.  He  was  farmer,  trader,  auctioneer  and 
broker. 

Children : — 

189.  Chajiles,  b.  14  Aug.,  1816;  m.  Clarissa  Bent;  d.  11  Mar.,  1891. 

They  had:  (1)  Charles  LeForrest,  Col.  9th  Me.  Reg.,  medal 
for  bravery;  m.  Anne  Martin;  d.  in  Canton,  Me.,  13  May, 
1891,  at  the  hoase  of  his  daughter  Mrs.  Cushman;  and  (2) 
George  E.,  res.  Boston. 

190.  Polly,  b.  15  Jan.,  1818;  m.  Jacob  F.  Howe  (181). 

191.  Adeline,   b.  10  Jan.,  1822;  m.  31  Mar.,  1851,   Abel  Stetson,  a 

farmer,  who  d.  29  Oct.,  1891;  d.  20  Jan.,  1905;  3  children. 

192.  Angebone,  b.  10  Dec,  1824;  m.,  1st,  Dr.  Charles  W.  Turner; 

2d,  Samuel  C.  Irish  ;  2  children. 

193.  HiBAM,   b.  9  Oct.,  1826;  m.   Harriet  L.    Buck;  res.   Sumner. 

They  had  :  (1)  Luther  Carmon,  b.  12  Feb.,  1854;  m.  Drusilla 
J.  Babb;  and  (2)  Lottie  A.,  b.  4  Aug.,  1864;  m.  Lemmie 
Merrill  of  Rumford  Falls. 

158.  Thomas  Howe,  born  in  Rowley,  7  Oct.,  1787; 
died  1  Sept.,  1845  ;  a  yeoman.  He  married  15  Sept.? 
1814,  Rebecca  Gibson  of  Deer  Isle,  Me. 

Children : — 

194.  Susan,  b.  Rowley,  18  Nov.,  1814;  m.  3  April,  1834,  Daniel  J. 

Hale. 

195.  LuoT  Jane,  b.  Rowley,  30  May,   1817;  m.  8  June,  1843,  Wil- 

liam Littlefield  of  Boston. 

160.  Reuben  Howe,  born  in  Rowley,  16  Oct.,  1792* 
died  25  Feb.,  1853,  aged  60  years.  He  married  in  Row- 
ley, 18  April,  1815,  Elizabeth  Dickinson,  who  died  prior 
to  his  death. 

Children  : — 

196.  Elizabeth,  b.  9  June,  1816;  m.  17  Mar.,   1830,  Daniel  Saun- 

ders, Jr.;  d.  24  Oct.,  1895,  aged  79  years. 

197.  Amos  Wood,  b.  6  Jan.,  1819. 

198.  HuMPHBEY  Saundebs,  b.  7  May,  1821. 

199.  Ebkn   Iea,   b.  21  Aug.,   1824;  housewright;    d.  in   Lynn,   23 

June,  1851. 

200.  David  Saundebs. 


62  ABRAHAM   HOWE 

161.  Moses  Wood  Howe,  born  26  Aug.,  1795  ;  had 
"  Wood  "  added  to  his  name  by  the  Legislature  of  1830  ; 
married  29  Dec,  1831,  Mary  Cheney. 

Children : — 

201.  CHAKI.KS  Edwin,  b.  Rowley,  18  Oct.,  1832. 

202.  LuoY  May,  b.  26  Sept.,  1834. 

169.  George  Washington  Howe,  born  Rowley,  5 
July,  1812  ;  died  13  May,  1884.  He  married  in  Rowley, 
10  Oct.,  1835,  Olive  Jewett  of  Ipswich,  who  died  12  May, 
1892,  aged  77  years. 

Children,  born  in  Ipswich  : — 

208.  Benjamin  Jkwett,  b.  6  Feb.,  1837;  m.  10  or  12  May,  1859, 
Caroline  A.  Averill,  a  fine  singer,  b.  11  Jan.,  1841,  to  Eph- 
raim  and  Lydia  Symonds  (Potter)  Averill  of  Ipswich,  who 
was  a  teacher  of  vocal  music,  and  was  widely  known  for  his 
superior  bass  voice.  Mr.  Howe  was  divorced,  April,  1866, 
and  m.  2d,  in  Ossining,  N.  Y.,  Margaret  Cornell.  He  was  a 
travelling  salesman,  and  d.  5  Jan.,  1914,  without  issue. 

204.  Sabah  Mabia,  b.  8  Sept.,  1840;  m.  29  Aug.,  1872,  Samuel  Au- 
gustus Boynton  of  Rowley,  a  grocer.    He  d.  9  Sept.,  1912. 

206.     Geobge  Aabon,  b.  29  Aug.,  1843. 

206.  Amos  N.,  b. ;  m.  in  Derry,  N.H.,  15  Sept.,  1874,  Josephine 

W.  Bradford  of  Derry.     Had  Eva  May,  b.  7  April,  1880. 

207.  Olive  Abbie,  b.  1  Dec,  1851;  m.  28  Sept.,  1871,  Edwin  H. 

Adams,  b.  1849  in  Newbury  to  Thomas  H.  and  Mary  J. 
(Jennings)  Adams.  He  was  in  the  shoe  business.  She  d. 
in  Rowley,  7  Aug.,  1879.     Had  Mary  Abbie. 

208.  Vandalia,  b.  7.  Jan.,  1853,   in  Ipswich;  m.  17  Sept.,  1871,  in 

Rowley,  Ira  Oscar  Davis,  b.  Milton,  N.  H.,  1848.    Had  Ralph 
"'  Irving,   b.  2  July,  1776;  d.  15   Oct.,   1898.     Mrs.  Davis  was 

divorced  5  Mar.,  1884.  She  m.  31  May,  1887,  Edward  Dil- 
lon, a  heel- worker,  b.  19  Feb.,  1860,  in  Worcester,  Mass.  No 
child. 

170.  William  Frederick  Howe,  born  in  Rowley, 
10  Aug.,  1814  ;  married  30  Nov.,  1842,  Susan  Eliza  Pot- 
ter. He  made  a  specialty  of  market  gardening  on  the 
farm  of  his  ancestors  in  Rowley,  whose  buildings  and 
their  contents  were  completely  burned  20  Oct.,  1865. 
These  exemplary  citizens  were  devoted  to  home  and  the 
church.     He  died  10  Oct.,  1874 ;  she  22  Oct.,  1905. 

Children : — 


AND   SOME   OF   HIS   DESCENDANTS  63 

209.  Ruth  Eliza,   b.  Rowley,   17   Aug.,    1843;  m.  22  Jaly,   1869 

Frank  Quinby  Bodwell  of  Rumford,  Me.  (b.  5  July,  1843; 
d.  4  Jane,  1894),  a  carpenter,  a  bugler  in  a  Maine  battery 
in  the  Civil  War.  She  was  educated  in  Rowley  schools  and 
the  Ipswich  Female  Seminary  and  taught  school.  Her  only 
child,  Fred  Potter  Bndwell,  a  printer  by  trade,  several  years 
selectman  of  Avon,  Mass.,  where  he,  and  at  present  his 
mother,  reside.  F.  P.  Bodwell  has  two  sons,  Franklin  Clyde, 
now  in  the  U.  S.  Navy,  and  Erland  Hunt  Bodwell. 

210.  Geobgk  William,  twin,  b.  Rowley,  31  Jan.,  1845;  m.  in  Row- 

ley, 14  Aug.,  1870,  Sarah  Elijsabeth  Kelly;  graduate  Boston 
Dental  College,  and  is  in  dental  practice  in  Danvers,  Mass. 

211.  Asa  Fkbdebick,  twin,  b.  31  Jan.,  1845. 

212.  Roger  Sherman,  b.  Rowley,    20  Nov.,  1849;  d.  21  Feb.,  1911; 

m.  in  Newbury  port,  Martha  Eva  Davis  of  Georgetown,  1 
May,  1873;  was  a  shoe  woiker;  many  years  selectman  and 
overseer  of  the  poor  and  chairman  of  the  Board,  and  did 
an  extensive  insurance  business.  He  represented  his  dis- 
trict in  the  General  Court,  and  was  many  years  Deputy 
Sheriff  for  Essex  Co.     His  wife  d.  6  Nov.,  1910. 

213.  Isaac  Hadlby,  b.  Rowley,   9  Dec,   1858;   d.    there  7  Feb., 

1864. 

lYl.  Elijah  Howe  of  Dedham,  carpenter,  born  21 
Oct.,  1792;  died  30  Nov.,  1880.  He  married  2  Mar., 
1826,  Prudence  Clarke,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Prudence 
(Stow)  Clarke.     She  died  9  May,  1832. 

Children : — 

214.  Elijah,  b.  27  Sept.,  1828. 

215.  William,  b.  1  May,  1832. 

172.  George  Howe,  born  in  Dedham,  6  Nov.,  1802  ; 
died  in  Columbia,  S.  C,  15  April,  1883.  He  married, 
first,  in  Cornwall,  Vt.,  25  Aug.,  1831,  Mary  Bushnell, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Jedediah  and  Charlotte  (Smith)  Bush- 
nell, b.  25  June,  1808  ;  d.  18  Sept.,  1832.  He  married, 
second,  19  Dec,  1836,  Mrs.  Sarah  Ann  (Walthour)  Mc- 
Connell,  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Ann  (Ho£fmire)  Wal- 
thour, b.  5  Oct.,  1803  ;  d.  14  April,  1885,  in  Columbia, 
S.  C. 

Mr.  Howe  graduated  at  Middlebury  College,  Vt.,  with 
A.B.,  1822  ;  a^  same  and  Dartmouth  College,  A.M.,  1827  ; 
at  Andover  Theological  Seminary,  1825;  ordained  1827  ; 


64  ABRAHAM   HOWE 

Phillip's  Professor  of  Theology  at  Dartmouth  College, 
1827-1830  ;  D.  D.,  University  of  N.  C,  1833  ;  L.  L.  D., 
Oglethorpe,  1871 ;  instructor  in  Hebrew  and  Greek  in 
Columbia  Presbyterian  Theological  Seminary,  1831,  and 
in  Biblical  Literature  till  his  death. 
Children  : — 

216.  Gkobge,  b.  25  April,  1838;  d.  27  Oct.,  1841. 

217.  Walthour,  b.  13  Feb.,  1840;  d.  11  Nov.,  1859. 

218.  William,  b.  13  Jan.,  1842  ;  d.  2  Feb.,  1862. 

219.  Sarah  Emelie,  b.  30  Dec,  1843;  d.  13  Nov.,  1890,   probably 

at  Danville,  Ky.  She  m.  24  June,  1863,  Rev.  Edwin  Melvin 
Green,  a  Presbyterian  clergyman,  D.  D.,  b.  10  Sept.,  1838, 
to  James  and  Sarah  Ann  (James)  Green.  Children:  William 
Howe,  b.  4  Oct.,  1864;  Edward  Melvin  (M.  D.),  b.  10  June, 
1867;  George  Howe  (D.  D.  S.),  b.  10  June,  1871;  Marion 
Palmer,  b.  20  May,  1875. 

220.  Marian  Louise,  b.  3  Feb.,  1846;  d.  31  Jan.,  1858. 

221.  George,  b.  29  Jan.,  1848. 

174.  William  Howe,  born  in  Dedham,  20  Nov., 
1811 ;  died  in  Boston,  23  July,  1893.  He  was  a  ma- 
chiuist.  He  married  6  Sept.,  1841,  in  South  Braintffee, 
Mass.,  Catherine  Willard,  b.  26  Jan.,  1819,  in  Keene, 
N.  H.,  to  Josiah  and  Prudence  (Morse)  Willard,  and  died 
in  Boston  20  Jan.,  1886. 

Children : — 

222.  George,  b.  24  May,  1842;  d.  9  Dec,  1881. 

223.  Edward  Willard,  b.  27  Aug.,  1846,  in  Braintree,  Mass.     He 

is  a  civil  engineer  retired.  He  has  studied  the  history  of  his 
family  and  has  aided  materially  on  these  Dr.  George  Howe 
families.  He  m.  in  Boston,  29  April,  1880,  Abbie  A.  New- 
ell, born  there  14  June,  1851,  to  Lucius  and  Abbie  W.  (Bur- 
ley)  Newell. 

224.  Mary  Catherine,  b.  2  Jan.,  1850;  d.,  unm.,  7  April,  1874. 

180.  Henry  Howe,  b.  11  Jan.,  1810.  He  married, 
first,  Lucinda,  daughter  of  Henry  Prentiss,  who  died  30 
Dec,  1846,  aged  34.  He  married,  second,  3  :  1 :  1847, 
Lucy  C,  daughter  of  Philip  and  Catherine  Newburt  of 
Waterboro.  He  died  6  April,  1877  ;  she,  24  Aug.,  1884, 
aged  70  ;  residence,  Norway. 

Children : — 


AND  SOME   OF  HIS   DESCENDANTS  66 

225.  Clinton,  b.  25  May,  1830;  m.,  1st,   Eliza  J.  Heald;  2d,  Sarah 

Barrows;  res.  Sumner.  Had:  (1)  Helen  J.,  m.  W.  W.  Mayo 
of  Hebron;  (2)  Henry  Prentiss,  b.  13  Dec,  1863,  res.  Water- 
ford;  (3)  Clinton  Carroll,  b.  5  April,  1865,  res.  in  Massachn- 
setts;  (4)  John  Prentiss,  b.  22  Feb.,  1867,  m.  Lizzie  C.  Ryer- 
son,  res.  Norway;  (5)  Paul  Hart,  b.  7  Aug.,  1870,  m.  Jennie 
A.  Merrill,  res.  Waterford;  (6)  Benjamin  Franklin,  b.  and 
lived  in  Grindstone,  Me. 

226.  Julia,  b.  Paris,  27  July,  1844;  m.  Amasa  Heald. 

227.  Samuel  Henry,   b.  19  Mar.,  1849;  m.  Emily  Trefetheren;  so- 

journed in  the  West;  d.  Portland,  Me.,  18  Nov.,  1904. 

181.  Jacob  Foster  Howe,  born  30  Nov.,  1811 ;  mar- 
ried 6  Mar.,  1833,  Polly  Howe  (190) ;  was  a  trader;  died 
in  West  Sumner,  31  May,  1865. 

Children : — 

228.  Fbekman,   b.  5  Dec,  1833;  insurance  broker  of  Norway;  m. 

Mary  L.  Field.  Had:  (1)  Fannie  Robertine,  m.  10  Mar., 
1885,  Arthur  Eben  Morrison  of  South  Berwick ;  (2)  George 
Robley,  b.  4  Aug.,  1860;  m.  April,  1888,  Fannie  J.  Board- 
man  of  Hartford,  Ct.,  res.  Norway;  (3)  Freeland,  b.  30  May, 
1870,  res.  Norway. 

229.  Frank  W.,  b.  29  Jan.,  1849;  shoemaker,   Rumford  Falls;    m. 

Estelle  Cole.  Had  :  (1)  Harley  Hazen,  b.  24  Mar.,  1871;  (2) 
Laura  Almira,  b.  27  Aug.,  1873,  d.  1  Dec,  1889;  (3)  Mary 
Esther,  b.  18  Nov.,  1876,  m.  Dr.  Joseph  Abbott  Nile  of  Rum- 
ford  Falls. 

182.  Jeremiah  Howe,  born  18  April,  1814 ;  married 
Mary,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Tucker  of  Norway.  He  was 
a  trader  in  Portland,  and  died  19  Dec,  1891. 

Children : — 

230.  Lydia  J.,  b.  13  Dec,  1840;  m.  Rev.  J.  C.  Snow;  2  children. 

231.  Emilt  Alton,  b.  17  Aug.,  1847. 

183.  Jesse  Howe,  born  11  April,  1816  ;  died  25  Feb., 
1875.  He  married  14  Oct.,  1843,  Rebecca,  daughter  of 
Samuel  Gibson  of  Denmark.     He  was  a  physician. 

Children : — 

232.  Ellen  Frances,  b.  23  Dec,  1844;  d.  11  April,  1852. 

233.  IzAH  Tenney,  b.  26  Mar.,  1848;  m.  19  Oct.,  1881,  John  R.  San- 

born of  Bangor,  who  d.  1893. 

234.  Rebecca  Gibson,  b.  13  June,  1850;  d.  22  April,  1852. 


66  ABRAHAM   HOWE 

185.  Cyrus  Hamlin  Howe,  born  24  Sept,  1820; 
married  28  Feb.,  1843,  Amelia  P.  Coburn ;  died  19  Mar., 
1896  ;  lived  in  Paris.     She  died  21  Mar.,  1896. 

Children  : — 

235.  Jesse   Coburn,  b.  21  Feb.,  1846;  m.  1st,  27  Jan.,  1868,  Sarah 

J.  Farnum;  m.  2d,  19  Jan.,  1881,  Arthur  Noyes  of  Paris. 
Had:  (1)  Fred  J.,  b.  19  June,  1869,  m,  20  June,  1895,  Angie 
B.  McLellan;  (2)  Ethel  May,  b.  4  May,  1882. 

236.  Lydia,  b.  11  Dec,  1848;  m.  16  Mar.,  1869,  George  F.  Beach. 

188.  William  Ruthven  Howe,  born  1/i  April,  1857; 
married  Charlotte  E.  Hall,  born  26  June,  1832 ;  died 
Paris,  7  July,  1895. 

Children : — 

237.  Clara  Isabelle,   b.  17  Nov.,  1856;  m.  Minot  L.  Whittle  of 

Paris. 

238.  George  Morse,  b.  8  Mar.,  1859;  d.  12  Oct.,  1859. 

239.  Fred  Ruthven,  b.  7  Oct.,  1862;  m.   and  living  in  Waltham, 

Mass. 

240.  HANiBALii  Coburn,   b.  21  Nov.,  1865;  m.   Cora  Parlin;  d.  7 

Dec,  1901.     She  d.  16  April,  1904;  home  Paris. 

197.  Amos  Wood  Howe,  born  in  Rowley,  16  Jan., 
1819  ;  died  28  Oct.,  1894,  aged  75  years.  He  married, 
first,  int.  6  Nov.,  1842,  Sarah  K.  Daniels,  who  died  23  or 
-24  Sept.,  1853,  aged  32  years.  He  married,  second,  Lucy 
W.  Daniels,  a  sister  to  his  first  wife.  She  was  born  in 
Rowley,  where  she  died  23  Sept.,  1868.  Her  will,  22 
Sept.,  1868,  mentions  Eben,  George  W.,  Moses  E.,  and 
Martha  Daniels,  brothers  and  sister,  and  children  of  a  de- 
ceased sister,  Nath'l  L.,  Lucy  A.  and  Susan  D.,  all  of 
Rowley. 

Children : — 

241.  Nathaniel  Ltman,  b.  Rowley,  11  April,  1843. 

242.  LuOY  A. 
248.    Susan  D. 

198.  Humphrey  Saunders  Howe,  born  in  Rowley, 
7  May,  1821  ;  married  2  Oct.,  1872,  when  of  George- 
town, Mrs.  Lucy  A.  (Holman)  Robinson,  widow  (38)  of 
Newbury. 

Children : — 

244.    Parker  W.,  trader,  Georgetown;  d.  20  Jan.,  1877. 


AND   SOME  OF  HIS   DESCENDANTS  67 

245.  Mabt  E.,  m.  Georgetown,  15  Oct.,  1872,   Charles  N.   Nelson 

of  West  Newbury. 

205.  George  Aaron  Howe,  born  in  Rowley,  29 
Aug.,  1843,  died  12  Nov.,  1876.  He  married  29  Aug., 
1862,  Susan  Evelyn  Todd  (18)  of  Rowley.  His  home- 
stead, on  the  turnpike  near  the  Georgetown-Rowley  road, 
was  valued  at  $1500.  She  married,  second,  (21),  26  July, 
1879,  Lewis  G.  Chadbourne  (33). 

Children  : — 

246.  Georgb  Elmer,  b.  17  July,  1863;  d.  27  July,  1864. 

247.  Elmer  Eddie,  b.  19  Jan.,  1865. 

248.  Henrt  Warren,  twin,  b.  21  Aug.,  1866;  d.  19 Sept.,  1866. 

249.  Georoe  Moulton,  twin,  b,  21  Aug.,  1866;  d.  24  Sept.,  1866. 

250.  Hattie  Evelyn,  b.  30  Sept.,  1867. 

251.  Benjamin  Dodge,  b.  25  Nov.,  1868;  d.  20  Aug.,  1869. 

252.  Fbedbriok  Leigh,  b.  25  July,  1874.     He  is  a  dealer  in  wines 

and  liquors.  He  m.  24  Sept.,  1892,  Emma  Frances  Osborne 
(19)  of  Newbury,  dau.  of  Thomas  and  Adeline  Louisa 
(Rogers).     Had:  Hattie  Howe,  b.  7  and  d.  8  Aug.,  1893. 

•  211.  Asa  Frederick  Howe,  born  in  Rowley,  31 
Jan.,  1845  ;  married  19  Aug.,  1876,  Emma  Mahala  Per- 
ley,  born  6  Aug.,  1857,  in  Harrison,  Me.  For  an  ex- 
tended account  and  portraits  %ee  "  The  Perley  Family 
History  and  Genealogy."  At  his  own  request  he  was 
retired,  by  Governor  Guild,  in  1907,  from  State  servictJ. 
He  has  since  served  on  important  committees  and  boards 
of  trustees. 
Children : — 

253.  Josephine  Eldred,  b.  2  Aug.,  1879,  in  Lincoln,  Neb.,  stenog- 

rapher and  nurse;  m.  20  June,  1906,  Leroy  H.  Clough,  con- 
tractor and  builder  of  Bradford,  Mass.  Had  :  Leroy  Her- 
bert, Jr.,  and  Fred  Earle. 

254.  Alios  Marjorie,  b.  19  Sept.,  1887;  clerk  in  bank. 

214.  Elijah  Howe,  born  in  Dedham,  27  Sept.,  1828. 
At  Amherst  he  was  A.  B.  in  1849  and  A.  M.  in  1852. 
He  taught  High  schools  in  South  Hadley,  South  Wilbra- 
ham,  East  Douglas.  After  1880  he  was  secretary  of  the 
Norfolk  and  Dedham  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Company, 
Dedham.  He  married  4  Jan.,  1857,  Julia  Ann,  daughter 
of  Oliver  and  Persis  Gibson  (Forbush)  Hunt. 


68  ABRAHAM   HOWE 

Child:— 

265.  Oliver  Hunt,  of  Cohasset,  b.  29  May,  1860 ;  M.  D.,  Harvard, 
1886;  was  house  surgeon  and  assistant  superintendent,  hos- 
pital, Boston  medical  examiner,  and  member  Mass.  Medi- 
cal Society;  m.  26  Nov.,  1889,  Martha  Dresser  Paul,  b.  Ded- 
ham,  1865,  to  Ebenezer  and  Sarah  Dresser  Paul,  a  descend- 
ant of  Richard  Paul  who  settled  in  Taunton,  1637. 

221.  George  Howe,  born  in  Columbia,  S.  C,  29  Jan., 
1848,  where  he  died  20  April,  1895  ;  was  a  practicing 
physician  and  surgeon.  He  married  1  Jan.,  1874,  Annie 
Josephine  Wilson,  a  sister  to  the  President,  Woodrow 
Wilson,  born  in  Hampden  Sidney,  Va.,  8  Sept.,  1854,  to 
Joseph  Ruggles,  D.  D.,  and  Jessie  (Woodrow)  Wilson.^ 
She  died  16  Sept.,  1916,  in  New  London,  Ct. 

Children : — 

256.  Joseph  Wii-son,  b.  9  Dec,  1874;  general  freight  agent,  Rich- 

mond. War  called  him  to  Washington  as  Assistant  Com- 
missioner of  the  Tidewater  Coal  Exchange. 

257.  George,  b.  3  Oct.,  1876;  Professor  of  Latin  in  University  of 

North  Carolina.  He  m.  27  Oct.,  1902,  in  Columbia,  Marga* 
ret  Smyth  Flinn,  b.  30  Mar.,  1878,  in  Charleston,  S.  C,  to 
John  William  and  Jane  Adger  (Smyth)  Flinn.    No  children. 

258.  Jessie  Woodrow,  b.  30  Oct.,  1878;  d.  30  Jan.,  1884. 

259.  Annie,  b.  31  Mar.,  1891;  m.  Frank  E.   Comptou  of  Glencoe 

111.,  publisher  in  Chicago. 

222.  George  Howe,  b.  24  May,  1842 ;  married  26 
Sept.,  1871,  in  Waterville,  Me.,  Harriet  E.  Tozier,  born 
30  June,  1843,  to  Bryant  and  Winnie  Ann  (Pushaw) 
Tozier,  of  Waterville,  and  died  in  Lexington,  Mass.,  3 
Feb.,  1918 ;  served  in  the  U.  S.  Navy,  1861-1865,  and 
died  in  Somerville,  9  Dec,  1881. 

Children  : — 

260.  George  Edward,  b.  22  Feb.,  1873;  m.  18  Dec,   1905,  Alinda 

Jennings  of  Chicago.  Their  home  is  Elkhart,  Ind.  His 
business  is  milling.     No  children. 

'Joseph  Ruggles  Wilson,  D.  D.,  a  Presbyterian  clergyman,  was 
some  years  Professor  in  the  Presbyterian  College,  Clarksville,  Tenn., 
and  Clerk  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Southern  Presbyterian 
Church.  Miss  Jessie  Woodrow  was  born  in  Carlisle,  Eng. ;  her 
father  was  a  Congregational  clergyman.  The  Wilson  children 
were  :  Marion  Woodrow  (d.  before  1916),  Annie  Josephine  (d.  1916), 
Woodrow  (the  President),  and  Joseph  Ruggles,  Jr.,  an  officer  in  the 
U.  S.  Bonding  and  Guaranty  Company,  Baltimore,  Md. 


AND   SOME  OF   HIS   DESCENDANTS  69 

261.  Abthub  BBTANT.b.  in  Walthatn,  16  Dec,  1874;  an  acconntant; 
m.  in  Somerville,  17  Oct.,  1900,  Maria  Louisa  Gooding  of 
Somerville.  Their  home  till  1908  in  Lexington.  Had :  (1) 
Isabel,  b.  4  Aug.,  1906;  (2)  Elizabeth,  b.  23  May,  1908. 

262.  William  Stowkll,  b.  30  Jan.,  1879,  in  Somerville;  m.  in  Brad- 

ford, 26  June,  1907,  Eva  Salome  Kammer  of  that  place. 
Their  three  children  died  in  infancy.  He  is  treasurer  of  a 
manufacturing  eompany  in  Hinsdale,  their  home. 

247.  Elmer  Eddie  Howe,  born  19  Jan.,  1865,  in 
Rowley  ;  is  a  wholesale  milk  dealer  in  Ipswich.  He  mar- 
ried, 16  Oct.,  1902,  Nellie  Elizabeth  Wade,  born  25  Dec., 
1882,  Rockland,  Mass.,  to  George  Oilman  and  Rachel 
Agnes  Wade. 

Children  : — 

263.  Geobgb  Elmbb,  b.  4  Feb.,  1905. 

264.  Ralph  Oilman,  b.  13  Mar.,  1908;  d.  13  July,  1910. 

265.  Mybon  Donald,  b.  18  Dec,  1909. 
286.  Olive  Agnes,  b.  9  Oct.,  1913. 


DOCUMENTS  RELATING  TO  MARBLEHEAD, 

MASS. 


(^Continued  from  Volume  LV,  page  234-^ 


Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay 

To  His  Excellency  the  Governour,  Council,  and  Repre- 
sentatives convened  in  Generall  Assembly  the    15th  of 
October,  1702. 
The  Humble  Petition  of  the  Town  of  Marblehead. 
Humbly  Sheweth 

That  Whereas  By  several  Acts  of  Assembly  made  in 
this  Province  their  is  to  be  Paid  By  the  Master  of  Every 
Ship  or  Other  Vessell  above  twelve  Tunns  coming  into 
Any  Port  or  Ports  of  this  Province  to  trade  or  Traffick 
the  Major  Part  of  the  owners  whereof  are  not  Belonging 
to  this  Province  Every  such  ship  or  Vessell  Doe  Pay  the 
Summ  of  12  penny  per  Tunn  or  one  pound  of  Good  and 
New  Gun  powder  for  every  Tunn  such  shipp  or  Vessell 
is  in  Burthen  to  Be  Employed  for  the  Supply  of  His 
Majesty's  Castle  and  Fort  Within  this  Province  .  .  .  and 
Whereas  all  along  till  Within  this  Last  Year  or  there- 
abouts all  the  Powder  Money  that  was  from  Time  to  time 
Collected  at  Salem  and  at  Marblehead  by  Virtue  of  that 
Act  Was  Remitted  to  Boston  for  the  supply  of  her  Maj- 
esty's Castle  and  forts  there  .  .  .  And  Whereas  the  Town 
of  Salem  have  lately  obtained  a  Grant  of  all  the  Powder 
Money  that  shall  arise  or  Become  Due  from  any  Ships  or 
Vessels  that  Come  In  as  well  to  Marblehead  as  to  Salem, 
and  Apply  the  same  wholly  and  onely  to  the  Use  of  said 
Towne,  .  .  .  And  Whereas  there  is  a  Fortification  at 
Marblehead  Very  Important  to  this  Province,  the  neces- 
sary and  ordinary  Charge  whereof  is  Very  Considerable, 
and  which  also  is  upon  all  occasions,  obliged  to  Expend 
their  store  of  Powder   and  other  Ammunition,  .  .  .  The 

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DOCUMEKTS   RELATING  TO  MARBLEHEAD,   MASS.      71 

Town  of  Marblehead  Dos  therefore  Most  Humbly  Pray 
the  favour  of  this  Great  and  Generall  Assembly,  that  It 
might  be,  all  the  Powder  Money  that  for  the  future  shall 
become  Due  and  be  Collected  at  Marblehead  may  Be  ap- 
plied to  the  Use  of  Her  Majestie's  Fort  in  said  Town 

And  Your  Petitioners  as  in  Duty  Bound 
Shall  Ever  Pray 

Edward  Brattle 
Representative  for  Marblehead,  in  the  Name  of  said  Town 

21st  October,  1702,  Read  a  1st  time  in  the  house  of 
Representatives. 

22  Read  a  2d  time,  29,  Read  a  3d  time. 

Ordered — That  all  the  Powdermoney  that  for  the  future 
shall  become  due  and  be  Collected  at  Marblehead  be  Ap- 
plyed  to  the  Use  of  Her  Majesty's  Fort  in  the  said  Town. 

Sent  up  for  Concurrance. 

James  Converse  Speaker 

In  Council  November  2d,  1702,  Read  and  concurred 
with  And  Ordered  that  the  Captaine  of  the  Fort  there 
for  the  time  being  be  the  Collector  of  said  duty. 

Isaac  Addington  Secretary 

[Left  margin]  Said  Amendment  Concurred  2  Novem- 
ber 1702. 

Mass.  Archives,  vol.  70,  pp.  581-2. 

Ordered  That  the  Collector  of  the  Impost  at  Salem  be 
required  with  great  exactness  to  receive  the  powder  Duty 
at  Salem  and  Marblehead  &  that  the  Captains  of  the  forts 
to  prevent  any  escape  and  that  the  said  officer  do  quar- 
terly give  unto  the  Comissary  Generalls  office  an  account 
of  the  weight  that  the  Governour  may  (  )  make  the 
Necessary  supplyes  for  the  forts  in  both  those  places 

January  3d  1704  In  Council 

Voted  Isaac  Addington  Secretary 

Sent  down  for  Concurrence 

Jan.  4th,  1704  :  Concurred  James  Converse  Speaker 
Mass.  Archives,  vol.  62,  p.  1^90. 


72        DOCUMENTS  RELATING   TO  MARBLEHEAD,   MASS. 

Copy,  by  Stephen  Sewall,  Clerk,  of  a  Writ  issued  by 
Mm  7  Sept.  1704,  to  the  Sheriff  and  others  of  Essex 
against  CoUonel  John  Legg,  Captain  Nathaniel  Norden, 
Esquires,  Michael  Bowden,  Samuell  Read,  James  Dennis, 
Joseph  Dolliver  Senior,  Mary  Waters  widow,  William 
Hines,  Thomas  Pitman,  Thomas  Dodd  Senior,  Elias  For- 
tune, Nathaniell  Walton,  Robert  Bartlett,  John  Norman, 
William  Woods,  John  Palmer,  Edward  Homan  Senior, 
Captain  John  Browne,  Sarah  Martin  widow,  Abigail  Mer- 
ritt  widow,  Nicholas  Merritt  Senior,  Mark  HascoU  and 
John  Codner  all  of  Marblehead  and  Benjamin  Ireson  and 
John  Riddan  both  of  Lynn  and  John  Homes  of  Salem, 
.  .  .  the  present  occupants  and  tenants  in  possession  of  a 
Certaine  Farme  Knowne  by  the  name  of  Plaine  Farme  in 
the  Township  of  Marblehead  aforesaid  to  the  value  of 
Forty  pounds  .  .  .  returnable  at  Common  Pleas,  New- 
bury, last  Tuesday  in  September  to  answer  Erasmus 
James  of  Marblehead  only  son  and  surviving  heir  of 
Erasmus  James  late  of  Marblehead  for  trespass  etc.  of 
five  acres  or  thereabouts  of  land  according  to  proportion 
right  of  30s.  purchase  in  the  Plain  Farme  containing  by 
estimacion  about  400  acres  in  tennure  and  occupation  of 
defendants, 

"  Bounded  Northerly  with  the  Marsh  late  of  Richard 
Rowland  and  Thomas  Pitman,  Northwesterly  with  the 
Coy  Pond  and  land  late  of  George  Darling,  Southwesterly 
with  the  Lands  of  John  Blaney  and  John  Redding,  South- 
easterly with  the  Sea,  Northeasterly  with  Devorixes  farme 
and  the  Ten  acre  Lots  (so  called)  which  said  farme  or 
Tract  of  Land  was  purchased  of  Captain  William  Hath- 
orne  late  of  Salem  deceased  by  Severall  of  the  Inhab- 
itants of  Marblehead  aforesaid  who  were  called  the  pur- 
chasers of  said  farme  among  the  number  of  which  said 
Purchasers  the  said  Erasmus  James  deceased  was  one  who 
purchased  to  the  value  of  thirty  shillings  and  was  accord- 
ingly seized  of  a  proportionable  Right  and  Interest  of  his 
thirty  shillings  purchase  in  said  farme  which  the  said 
Erasmus  James  deceased  died  seized  thereof  in  fee  and 
now  the  same  belongs  of  Right  to  the  Petitioner  .  .  .  yet 
.  .  .  tho  thereto  often  requested  the  possession  of  said 
five  acres  or  thereabouts  .  .  .  have  hitherto   refused  and 


DOCUMENTS   RELATING  TO   MARBLEHEAD,   MASS.      IS 

do  still  refuse  to  render  the  same  .  .  .  witness  Nathaniel 
Saltonstall  Esquire  at  Salem  this  7th  Day  of  September 
.  .  .  1704. 

Stephen  Sewall  Cleric. 
Attached  the  land  and   left   a   summons  with  Captain 
John  Browne  of  Marblehead  Clark  of  the  within  tenants 
in  possession  etc. 

Marblehead  12  September  1704. 

William  Gedney  Sheriffe 
Mass.  Arohives,  vol.  40,  pp.  825-6. 

Essex  ss  At  an  Inferior  Court  of  Pleas  holden  at 
Newbury  September  the  26  1 704 

Erasmus  James  plaintiff  versus  Collonel  John  Legg 
and  other  Occupants  of  the  Plaine  farme  in  Marblehead. 

There  being  but  Eleven  of  the  Defendants  that  appeared 
who  refusing  to  respond  the  action  for  the  fifteen  De- 
fendants absent  aud  being  legally  called  made  default. 
The  Courts  Judgement  is  that  the  plaintiff  receive  five 
acres  of  land  according  to  writ  and  costs,  bill  costs  taxt 
is  £3-8-6. 

The  Eleven  Defendants  appearing  Crave  an  appeale. 

Execucion  granted  March  9,  1704. 

Copia  Vera  Attest  Stephen  Sewall  Cleric. 
Mass.  Archives^  vol.  Jfi^  p.  8S%. 

Copy  of  Execution,  issued  9  Mar.  1704/5,  by  Stephen 
Sewall  Cleric  ;  returnable  last  Tuesday  of  March,  to  Na- 
thaniel Saltonstall  Esquire  at  Salem ;  Inferior  Court, 
Newbury,  September  last,  for  recovery  of  land  sued  for 
and  costs  £3-8-6,  against  Coll.  John  Legg  and  others,  in 
favor  of  Erasmus  James  of  Marblehead. 

Return  : — Extended  on  6  acres   and  1/4   and   1/16  in 
Marblehead,  Plaine  farme,  bounded 
on  the  Northwest  the  highway  the  old  high  way 
on  the  Southwest  with  William  Woods 
on  the  Southeast  with  the  Sea 
on  the  Northeast  with  Robert  Bartlett 

and  given  the  same  by  turffe  and  twigg 
to  Erasmus  James  in  full  satisfaction,    15  March,  1704/5. 

William  Gedney  Sheriffe 
Mass.  Archives,  vol.  Ifi,  pp.  827-830. 


74        DOCCTMBNTS  RELATING  TO   MARBLEHEAD,   MASS. 

Petition  to  Governour,  etc.  Joseph  Dudley,  by  Robert 
Bartlett  of  Maiblehead,  shoreman,  September  4,  1705,  as 
to  writ  of  trespass  etc.  bearing  date  7  September,  1704, 
on  complaint  of  Erasmus  James  of  Marblehead  against 
Petitioner  and  25  other  defendants  to  be  heard  at  Com- 
mon Pleas,  Newbury,  September  last  ;  Petitioner  and  rest 
had  no  legal  notice,  but  with  10  others  happened  by  acci- 
dent to  be  present  when  same  was  called  and  endeavoured 
to  defend  themselves  but  were  not  allowed  so  to  do,  and 
the  Court  enterred  Judgement  against  us  by  default  for 
land  sued  for  and  costs  taxt  at  X  3-8-6,  execution  was 
granted  March  9,  1704  and  levied  by  the  Sheriff  of  Essex 
on  land  purchased  legally  and  quietly  held  for  more  than 
20  years.  Craves  that  his  Excellency  and  Council  and 
this  Honourable  Assembly  grant  redress. 

In  the  House  of  Representatives,  Sept.  7,  1706,  read. 

October  25,  1705,  Read  and  ordered  that  a  Hearing  be 
granted  before  this  Court  on  Wednesday  next  and  the 
parties  concerned  notified  accordingly.  Sent  up  for  Con- 
currance, 

Thomas  Oakes,  Speaker. 

31  Oct.  1705,  In  Council,  Read  and  ordered  that  Eras- 
mus James  the  adverse  party  be  served  with  a  Copy  of 
this  Petition  and  shew  cause,  if  any  he  have,  on  Wednes- 
day the  Seventh  of  November  next,  why  the  Petitioner 
should  not  have  remedy  provided  as  is  prayed. 

Isaac  Addington  Secretary. 
Mats.  Archives^  vol.  40,  p.  833. 

Copy  of  above,  endorsed, — A  true  Copie  of  this  above- 
said  petition  and  the  Councell's  order  thereon  was  Deliv- 
ered to  Erasmus  James  this  5th  of  November  1705,  and 
was  notified  to  attend  his  duty  according  to  order  per  me 
Samuel  Nickleson  Constable  Marblehead. 
Mass.  Archives,  vol.  Ifi,  p.  822-3. 

9  November,  1705,  In  Council 
Upon  Consideration  of  the  Petitioner    of  Robert  Bart- 
let,  And  haveing  heard  both  party's,  why  remedy  should 
not  be  provided  for  him  Resolved 


DOCTJMKNTS  RELATING  TO   MARBLEHEAD,   MASS.        75 

That  the  persons  appearing  at  Newbuiy  Court  to  an- 
swer Erasmus  James's  Action,  though  a  minor  part  of 
Twenty-six  ought  to  have  been  received  as  Defendants 
and  accordingly  heard.  That  the  persons  appearing  ought 
upon  their  challenge  of  an  Appeale  to  have  been  admitted 
thereto.  That  the  Judgement  given  in  the  case  by  de- 
fault is  vitious  and  that  by  an  Act  of  this  General  As- 
sembly the  said  Judgement  and  Execution  thereon  ought 
to  be  dissolve.  And  that  Bartlet  be  restored  to  his  Land, 
and  James  to  his  right  at  law  to  proceed  against  any  or 
all  the  persons  named  in  his  writt  now  shewin  in  Court 

Sent  down  for  concnrrance 

Isaac  Addington  Secretary 
In  the  House  of  Representatives 
November  9,  1705  :  Read  and  Concurr'd 

Thomas  Oakes  Speaker. 
Mass.  Archives,  vol.  Jfi,  p,  819. 

[Nov.  17,  1705.] 
Answer  of  Erasmus    James    of  Marblehead,  ship  car- 
penter, to  petition  of  Robert  Bartlett,  addressed  to  Joseph 
Dudley,  Esquire,  Governour  etc. 

Whereas  Bartlett  has  petitioned  etc.  which  was  acted 
upon  by  Council,  with  order  of  notice  etc.  which  was 
never  served  untill  the  5th  of  this  instant  November  in 
the  evening,  your  Petitioner  being  totally  ignorant  of  etc. 
but  in  obedience  thereof  he  timely  appears  and  prays  that 
a  days  time  spent  in  travel  from  Marblehead  was  not  suffi- 
cient to  prepare  his  answer,  copy  records  of  Town  and 
Proprietors  Clerks,  etc.,  but  in  answer  to  No.  1  due  notice 
was  served  on  the  Proprietors  Clerk,  which  was  lawfull 
etc.,  trouble  was  caused  by  their  obstinacy. 

No.  2  Land  taken  was  not  from  Bartlett's  particular 
land  but  that  Common  and  undivided  of  the  Proprietors. 

Mass.  Archives^  vol.  Jfi^  p.  834. 

Capt.  Andrew  Belcher  honered  Sir 

Whereas  In  August  last  I  had  a  Small  fishing  ketch 
called  the  Dove  whereof  Nicholas  Meriott  was  mastar 
taken  by  Capt.  Crapo  into  Port  Royall  &  when  Mr.  Louis 
Allin  was  here  last  winter  I  agreed    with  him  that  if  he 


76       DOCUMENTS   RELATING   TO   MARBLEHEAD,   MASS. 

could  procner  &  deliver  my  said  ketch  at  Port  Royall  in 
Condition  she  was  in  when  taken  (the  fish  &  sallt  then  in 
her  only  excepted)  unto  the  said  Nicholas  Meriott  on  my 
behafe  &  for  my  use  &  also  that  the  men  belonging  to  her 
namely  Nichols  Meriott,  Joseph  Ashton,  Thomas  Pouls 
&  Henery  [?],  should  be  at  liberty  to  come  home  with 
said  ketch  together  with  a  safe  passeporte  from  the  gov- 
ernor of  Port  Royall  to  save  &  keep  harmeless  the  said 
ketch  &  men  from  any  hindrance  molestation  or  damage 
from  any  french  or  Indians  they  might  met  withall  in 
their  returne  to  Marblehead  &  said  ketch  to  Return  with 
the  Rest  of  the  vessels  that  was  then  agreed  for  with  said 
Allen ;  then  I  am  to  pay  him  seaventy  pounds  monys  at 
fiveteen  peny  wait  upon  the  Masters  Receipt  Returned  to 
me  ;  I  then  suposing  that  shee  would  come  home  last  fall 
but  the  said  Louis  Allin  haveing  not  compyed  [sic]  with 
that  Agreement  I  doe  now  Request  that  you  please  to 
give  such  order  to  Capt.  Rouse  or  such  other  person  as 
may  be  imployed  to  goo  to  Port  Royall  to  bring  said 
ketch  with  her  appurtenances  on  as  Resonable  tarms  as 
may  be  &  to  procure  liberty  for  the  said  Master  &  men 
to  come  home  with  said  Katch  &  a  passporte  from  the 
governor  as  aforesaid  provided  the  whole  cost  doth  not 
amount  to  more  than  sixty  pond  monys  at  fiveteen  peny 
waite  &  allso  if  it  maybe  that  the  passport  continue  for 
six  months  &  allso  I  Desire  you  will  pleas  to  order  a  Sup- 
ply of  provishons  for  the  men  to  bring  her  home  all  which 
shall  be  thankfully  acknoleged  &  Repaird  againe  by  me 
who  am  Sir 

Your  humble  servant, 

Nathaniell  Norden 
Boston  April  the  10th  1706. 

[Backed]     To  Capt.  Andrew  Belcher  Esq. 
Merchant  In  Boston 

Mags.  Archives^  vol.  63 ^  p.  5. 

Summary.  Apr.  26,  1706. 

Joseph  Dudley  Esq.  Captain  General  .  .  .  Massachu- 
setts Bay  and  New  Hampshire  .  .  .  and  Vice  Admiral  of 
the  same,  on  application  by  Capt.  John  Turner,  licensed 


DOCUMENTS   RELATING  TO   MARBLEHEAD,   MASS.     77 

&c  Win.  Rouse  Commander  of  Sloop  Anne  with  6  men 
to  sail  to  Port  Royal  for  redemption  of  Sloops  and  men 
&c.     Signed  and  my  "  Seal  at  Armes  "  affixed. 

J.  Dudley. 
By  his  Excellency's  Command. 

Isaac  Addington  Secretary. 
Mass.  Archives,  vol.  63,  p.  4- 

Petition  of  Erasmus  James,  Marblehead,  shipwright, 
to  Joseph  Dudley,  Esquire,  Governour  etc.,  May  29, 1706, 
Whereas  on  Petition  of  Robert  Bartlet,  September  1705, 
on  October  31,  1705,  by  Council  a  hearing  was  set  for 
November  7,  1705,  received  by  Petitioner  one  day  before, 
was  given  as  reason  for  his  asking  more  time  at  hearing 
etc.  Board  was  not  pleased  to  grant  same  and  on  No- 
vember 9,  in  General  Assembly  a  quick  Resolve  was  made 
in  favor  of  Bartlet,  desolving  the  Judgement  and  Execu- 
tion of  tjie  Inferior  Court  by  which  your  Petitioner  was 
in  possession  etc.,  and  Bartlet  put  in  possession  without 
a  full  hearing  by  the  Assembly  or  a  Trial  at  Common 
Law  Courts  which  were  open  for  the  Review  of  same, 
and  such  construction  has  been  put  on  same  as  to  en- 
courage Bartlett  (who  indeed  never  had  nor  shewed  any 
right  to  the  said  Land)  to  sew  your  Petitioner  for  tres- 
pass of  his  Servants  for  carrying  away  the  hay  etc.  from 
the  same  while  it  was  actually  in  his  possession,  before 
the  Judgement  had  been  nullified,  Prays  the  General 
Court's  consideration  of  same,  for  instructions,  as  may 
Barr  said  Bartlet's  Litigious  Suit  now  pending  in  Inferior 
Court  and  others  threatened  by  him. 

In  the  House  of  Representatives,  June  7,  1706,  Read, 
In  answer  to  the  Petition  ...  to  prevent  multiplying  of 
Lawsuits  .  .  .  Ordered  Mr.  Samuel  Balch,  Mr.  John 
Poole  and  Capt.  William  Goodhue  be  a  Committee  to 
consider  whether  Petitioner  did  Bartlet  any  damage  etc. 
while  it  was  in  his  possession,  if  so  adjust  same,  which 
barrs  said  Bartlett  forever,  and  any  suit  now  pending  be- 
fore Justice  Hathoi-ne  is  hereby  annulled  and  made  void. 
Sent  up  for  Concurrance. 

Thomas  Oakes  Speaker. 

11  June  1706,  In  Council.  Not  agreed  with  Repre- 
sentatives, Ordered  That  the  Petitioner  be  in   peace,  and 


78        DOCUMENTS   RELATING  TO   MARBLEHEAD,   MASS. 

not  liable  to  any  Action  for  Trespass  alleged  to  be  done 
upon  the  Land  within-iuentioned  by  petitioner  before  the 
Act  passed  by  this  Court  for  restoring  the  land  to  Bart- 
lett,  unless  it  be  made  to  appeare  to  have  been  done  Ma- 
liciously. 

Isaac  Addington  Secretary. 
Sent  down  for  concurrance. 

In  the  House  of  Representatives  June  21,  1706,  Read 
and  Passed  a  Concurrence 

Thomas  Oakes  Speaker. 
Mass.  Archives,  vol.  JpO,  pp.  834-0. 

The  Declaration  of  John  Curtiss  Senior  of  Marblehead. 

Sometime  about  the  Middle  of  March  I  was  shipped 
By  Archibald  Ferguson  of  Marblehead,  on  board  the 
sloop  Flying  Horse,  and  therein  to  go  as  far  as  Little 
Canso  Harbor  There  to  meet  with  a  Vessell,  and  then  to 
return  to  Boston  The  first  Place  we  arrived  at  after  we 
sailed  from  Boston  was  Monhegon,  the  2d  Pugnico,  with- 
in the  Bay  of  Funde,  where  came  on  Board  us  severall 
French  and  Indians  to  whom  we  sold  sundry  Goods  per- 
ticularly  [  ?]  3dly  To  the  Passage,  where  we  traded 
likewise,  4thly  to  Lahave  where  we  saw  nobody.  But  a 
smoke  after  wee  were  come  out,  5  To  Margarets  Bay, 
where  we  saw  none  6  from  thence  to  white  head  wherq 
we  saw  nobody,  from  thence  to  Little  Canso,  our  Designed 
Port,  where  soon  after  we  came  to  Anchor  we  saw  2  Ca- 
nows  of  Indians,  which  soon  came  on  Board  us,  and  By 
one  of  the  Indians,  Captain  Veach  sent  a  letter  to  Jedore 
and  had  an  Answer  By  the  same  in  eleven  Days.  The 
whole  time  that  we  were  here  was  about  20  Days  and  we 
traded  with  the  aforesaid  Indians,  From  thence  we  sailed 
through  the  Gutt  of  Canso,  with  the  Indians  for  Pilots, 
Bound  for  the  Island  of  Madland  [Magdalen]  to  meet 
with  the  Vessell  wee  expected.  In  the  Gutt  of  Canso  we 
saw  a  small  French  Bark  which  we  thought  had  been  the 
expected  Vessell  and  therefore  gave  them  chase  and  when 
we  came  up  with  them  we  sent  over  our  two  Indians  on 
Board  with  a  Letter  who  answered  that  they  were  loaded 
with  Coal  bound  for  Placentia,  with  whom  we  traded 
nothing  only  one  Gun  Captain  Veach  bought  for  tobacco, 


DOCUMENTS   RELATING  TO  MABBLEHEAD,   MASS.        79 

and  so  we  left  then  Endeavouring  to  make  the  Isle  of 
Madland  but  could  not  find  it,  therefore  we  returned  to 
Little  Canso  where  we  took  in  our  two  Indians  again,  and 
designed  homeward,  we  put  in  at  Island  Harbour  where 
severall  Indians  came  on  board  us,  with  whom  we  traded 
with  sundry  goods.  From  hence  we  sailed  with  one  of 
our  former  Indians  and  a  Sagamore  which  we  took  in 
here,  the  next  harbour  we  put  into  we  saw   nobody,  But 

the  next'being  C Harbour   we  saw   sundry  Indians 

with  whom  we  traded  [?]  we  left  one  of  our  Indians, 
but  kept  the  Sagamore  till  we  ca[me]  to  Jedore,  that  be- 
ing the  next  port  where  with  sundry  Goods  we  traded 
with  a  French  man  From  hence  we  sailed  to  Margarets 
Bay  where  we  saw  severall  Indians  with  whom  we  traded, 
and  by  whome  Captain  Veach  sent  a  letter  to  Malagash 
to  meet  us  at  Lehave  where  we  came  and  tarryed  about 
two  Glasses  seeing  nobody.  By  the  Impatience  and  Insti- 
gation of  the  Company  we  came  to  sail  and  so  came  to 
Cape  Ann  where  we  put  on  Board  a  sloop  (the  Master 
Isaac  Row)  the  Goods  that  we  traded  for  some  in  cask  and 
some  in  [?]  Captain  Veach,  Biitterfield  and  the  Boy  went 
up  in  said  sloop  to  Boston.  And  he  farther  Declared  that 
Captain  Veach  Desired  me  to  keep  all  the  transa[ct]ions 
of  the  voige  secret,  farther  saith  not. 

John  Curtiss  his  mark 
Marblehead  June  14,  1706. 

Essex  ss.  Marblehead,  June  14,  1706. 

The  within  mentioned  John  Curtiss  appeared  before  me 
the  Subscriber  one  of  her  Majesties  Justices  of  the  Peace 
for  said  Countey  and  attested  the  within  written  Declara- 
tion is  the  truth  the  whole  truth  and  nothing  but  the  truth 

John  Legg  J  ustis  Pecis 

Curtiss  further  saith,  That  they  Traded  Cloth  and  Duck 
Shott  in  most  of  the  Harbours  they  were   at,  which  was 
delivered  by  Captain  Vetch  and  Butterfield 
16th  August  1706  In  General  Court 

Jurat  Curtiss  in  Captain  Vetch's  Tryal 

Attestor  Isaac  Addington  Secretary. 


80        DOCUMENTS   BELATING   TO  MARBLEHBAD,   MASS. 

[Backed] 

To  Mr.  Thomas  Oakes 

Speaker   of   the   House   of  Representatives  la 
Boston. 

Mass.  Archives,  vol.  63,  p.  15. 

Note.     Bill  of  Lading,  Archibald  Ferguson  master,  who 
with  his  crew,  thought  he  was  bound  to  Little  Canso. 

Mass.  Archives,  vol.  63,  p.  39. 

Witnesses   include  Nicholas    Merrit,    Henry  Darling, 
John  Curtisse,  Archibald  Ferguson,  Mathew  Pymar,  Wil- 
liam Blackler,    Michael  Coomes,    Mark  Hascoll,  Joseph 
Maudesly,  John  Collins,  Charles  Green,  Peter  Potto,  Abra- 
ham Miller  and  John  Tucker. 

Mass.  Archives,  vol.  63,  p.  65. 
(JPo  he  continued) 


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CAPTAIN   RICHARD  STACEY,    1732-  1792 
From  a  portrait  painted  in  London  in  I  775 


HISTORICAL  COLLECTIONS 

OF  THE 

ESSEX  INSTITUTE 


Vol.  LVI  April,  1920  No.  2 


CAPTAIN  RICHARD  STACEY  OF  MARBLEHEAD. 


MASTER   MARINER   AND  MERCHANT  OF  THE  REVOLUTION. 


BY   HARRIET    SILVESTER    TAPLEY. 


The  complete  history  of  the  maritime  life  of  Marble- 
head,  with  sketches  of  the  men  who  contributed  to  its 
greatness,  is  yet  to  be  written.  Of  all  the  old  families  of 
that  town,  none  has  been  more  closely  identified  from  the 
very  beginning  of  the  settlement  with  the  seafaring  life 
than  the  family  of  Stacey.  In  the  fisheries,  in  commerce, 
as  ship  owners,  merchants,  master  mariners,  fishermen  and 
seamen,  in  war  and  in  peace,  members  of  this  family  have 
taken  a  most  active  part  in  the  shipping  life  of  the  ancient 
sea-coast  town.  Richard  Stacey  was  one  of  those  who 
figured  conspicuously  before  and  during  the  Revolution- 
ary period.  The  portrait  which  accompanies  this  sketch 
was  painted  in  1773  by  a  noted  artist  in  London,  and  has 
recently  come  into  possession  of  the  writer,  it  having 
been  discovered  in  a  state  of  extreme  dilapidation  in  a 
western  city  and  restored  by  Isaac  H.  Caliga. 

Capt.  Richard  Stacey  was  the  son  of  Capt.  John  and 
Hannah  (Skinner)  Stacey,  and  was  baptized  at  the  Second 
Congregational  Church  in  Marblehead  Feb.  20,  1732.  He 
was  descended  on  his  father's  side  from  the  emigrant  John 
Stacey,  who  was  in  Marblehead  as  early  as  1639,  as  well 
as  from  the  Pedricks,  Sandins,  Woods  and  Peaches,  all 
very  early  settlers  of  that  town.       Captain   Stacey  com- 

(81) 


82  CAPTAIN  RICHARD   STAGEY   OF   MARBLEHEAD 

menced  early  to  follow  the  sea,  as  did  the  generation  be- 
fore him.  He  was  married,  July  12,  1759,  by  the  Rev. 
Peter  Bours  of  St.  Michael's  Church,  to  Penelope  Haz- 
ard, daughter  of  Deputy  Governor  George  and  Sarah 
(Carder)  Hazard  of  Newport,  R.  I.,  and  granddaughter 
of  Governor  Benedict  Arnold,  both  distinguished  Rhode 
Island  famihes.  Penelope  Hazard  was  a  sister  of  Abi- 
gail, wife  of  Rev.  Peter  Bours,  and  she  died,  April  29, 
1764,  at  the  age  of  thirty-one  years.  She  was  buried  in 
Michael's  churchyard,  where  the  gravestone  may  be  seen 
today.  Nearby  is  the  grave  of  Rev.  Peter  Bours,  who 
died  suddenly,  Feb.  24,  1762,  and  of  whose  will  Captain 
Stacey  was  a  witness  three  days  before. 

Two  children  were  born  to  Richard  and  Penelope 
(Hazard)  Stacey,  both  being  baptized  at  St,  Michael's 
Church,  Hannah,  Aug.  17,  1760,  and  Richard,  April  1, 
1764.  October  31,  1765,  Captain  Stacey  married,  second, 
Rebecca  Miillett,  daughter  of  Elias  and  Rebecca  (Pearce) 
Mullett,  of  French  Huguenot  descent.  She  was  baptized 
at  the  Second  Congregational  Church,  August  25,  1745, 
and  was  descended  in  the  fifth  generation  from  the 
Pearces  and  Browns  who  had  grants  atPemaquid,  Maine, 
as  early  as  1621.  By  this  union  there  were  born :  Rich- 
ard, baptized  at  St.  Michael's  Jan.  31,  1768;  Rebecca, 
baptized  at  St.  Michael's  May  6, 1770  ;  George,  born  about 
1774 ;  died  at  Marblehead,  July  21,  1806 ;  Lucretia 
Bourne,  born  at  Andover  Sept.  22,  1778,  baptized  at  St. 
Peter's,  Salem,  and  died  at  Andover,  April  22,  1781,  the 
stone  still  standing  in  the  South  Parish  cemetery  ;  Sally, 
born  at  Andover,  May  19,  1780,  the  famous  dark  day; 
Nathaniel,  born  at  Marblehead,  Jan.,  1786,  and  died  Aug. 
12,  1808,  at  the  home  of  his  brother-in-law,  Joshua  Sil- 
vester, in  Andover;  two  children,  Nathaniel  and  John, 
died  in  infancy. 

May  18,  1767,  soon  after  marriage,  he  bought  the  es- 
tate of  his  wife's  grandparents,  John  and  Elizabeth 
Pearce,  where  he  ever  afterward  made  his  home.  This 
house  is  still  standing  on  Washington  street,  opposite 
Pleasant  street,  and  is  now  owned  by  heirs  of  Mrs.  Mary 
Silver,  the  original  outlines  being  lost  in  the  countless 
alterations  and  improvements  of  the  past  century.    A  few 


CAPTAIN  RICHARD   STAGEY   OF   MARBLEHEAD  8^ 

months  after  this  purchase,  Dec.  1*7,  1767,  he  came  into 
possession  of  the  estate  of  his  father,  Capt.  John  Stacy, 
on  Washington  street,  which  he  sold  to  Joseph  Northey 
Oct.  8,  1768.  This  house  became  subsequently  the  birth- 
place of  Joseph  Story,  Associate  Justice  of  the  United 
States  Supreme  Court. 

Capt.  Richard  Stacey  made  his  first  voyage  as  comman- 
der of  a  vessel  in  1756,  when  he  was  the  registered  cajv 
tain  of  the  schooner  "  Pembroke,"  66  tons,  from  Marble- 
head  to  Philadelphia.  He  was  then  twenty-four  years  of 
age,  but  had  seen  much  service  with  his  father,  who  in 
the  "  Neptune  "  and  "  Industry,"  from  1759  to  1761, 
had  made  frequent  voyages  to  and  from  Lisbon  and  Bil- 
boa.  From  this  time  he  became  one  of  the  leading  mer- 
chants of  Marblehead  when  that  town  was  second  only  to 
Boston  as  a  commercial  centre.  In  the  same  year  he  also 
made  a  voyage  to  Spain  and  Portugal.  In  1757  he  was 
in  command  of  the  brig  "Benjamin,"  94  tons,  to  St.  Kitts 
and  St.  Martin's  in  the  West  Indies  ;  from  1758  to  1760 
he  was  captain  of  the  Snow  "  Port  Pacquet,"  91  tons,  od 
several  voyages  to  Lisbon  and  the  West  Indies;  in  1761,. 
'62  and  '63  he  made  trips  to  St.  Kitt's,  St.  Martin's  and 
Barbadoes,  with  the  brig  "  Benjamin,"  returning  withr 
cargoes  of  rum,  molasses  and  salt  consigned  to  Stacey  & 
Glover,  Jacob  Fowle,  and  others;  in  1764  he  commanded 
the  schooner  "  Newbury,"  60  tons,  in  voyages  to  St.  Kitts 
and  Anguilla ;  in  1765  he  commanded  the  schooner 
"  Dreadnaught,"  80  tons,  to  St.  Christopher,  Bilbao  and 
Cadiz, 

Captain  Stacey  unfortunately  signed  the  famous  address 
to  Governor  Hutchinson  pledging  loyalty  to  England,  and 
then  sailed  on  a  long  voyage.  During  his  absence  the 
liberty  party  grew  in  numbers  and  enthusiasm,  and  upon 
his  return  he  was  asked  to  state  his  position,  which  he 
did  in  the  following  letter,  which  appeared  in  the  Usses: 
Crazette : — 

The  Subscriber  having  just  returned  to  the  Province  after  a  long- 
absence,  and  finding  an  Address  which  he  signed  to  the  late  Gov- 
erHor  Hutchinson  has  given  great  Uneasiness  to  the  Public,  and 
that  the  said  Mr.  Hutchinson  is  generally  viewed  as  an  Enemy  to- 


84  CAPTAIN   RICHARD   STAGEY   OF   MARBLEHEAD 

America,  begs  Leave  to  assure  the  Publick  that  he  had  no  intention 
of  injuring  his  country,  or  of  offending  it  by  supporting  any  one 
unfriendly  to  its  cause — And  he  now  renounces  the  Address  in 
every  Part,  and  declares  his  Readiness  to  assist  in  defending  the 
Rights  and  Liberties  of  America,  hoping  that  he  shall  still  continue 
te  enjoy  the  wonted  Esteem  of  his  respected  Friends  and  Country- 
men. 

RiOHABD  StAOKY. 

Marblehead,  20th  January,  1774. 

Although  early  affiliated  with  St.  Michael's  Church, 
like  many  of  the  most  prominent  communicants  he  re- 
mained a  staunch  patriot  during  the  Revolution  and  gave 
of  his  time  and  money  to  further  the  interests  of  the  Col- 
onists. Feb.  19,  1779,  he  was  appointed  on  a  committee 
to  "  wait  on  persons  in  regard  to  assessments  for  addi- 
tional bounty  for  those  who  enlist."  The  committee  con- 
sisted of  Jonathan  Glover,  Col.  Azor  Orne,  Capt.  Joshua 
Orne,  Capt.  Samuel  Pote,  Capt,  Samuel  Hooper,  Capt. 
Thomas  Peach,  Capt.  John  Selman,  John  Gerry, 
Thomas  Gerry,  Esq.,  Capt.  Richard  Stacey,  Capt.  Robert 
Hooper,  Capt.  John  Grush  and  Deacon  William  Dolliber. 
On  the  same  date  he  was  also  one  of  a  committee  of  seven 
appointed  to  see  that  "  the  price  act  be  carried  into  exe- 
cution." March  24,  1777,  he  was  a  member  of  the  Com- 
mittee of  Inspection  and  Safety.  On  the  21st  of  the  fol- 
lowing April  he  was  chairman  of  a  committee  appointed 
by  the  town  to  provide  physicians  and  medicines  to  carry 
on  the  work  of  inoculation  for  the  small  pox,  an  epidemic 
which  greatly  added  to  the  hardship  of  Marblehead  fami- 
lies, the  other  members  being  Capt.  Samuel  Hooper,  Rob- 
ert Hooper,  jr.,  Capt.  John  Merritt,  Capt.  John  Russell, 
Capt.  John  Stevens,  Capt.  Samuel  Gale,  Valentine  Ted- 
der, and  Capt.  William  Hooper. 

At  about  this  time  Captain  St-acey  purchased  a  large 
farm  in  Andover,  to  which  place  he  removed  his  family 
as  a  place  of  safety  during  the  Revolution,  as  did  several 
other  merchants  and  patriots,  notably  Jeremiah  Lee  and 
Samuel  Sewall  of  Marblehead  and  John  Dyson  of  Bever- 
ly. While  attacks  by  water  were  daily  expected,  these 
inland  estates  served  as  temporary  abiding  places.     May 


CAPTAIN  RICHARD   STACEY   OF   MARBLEHEAD  85 

22,  1777,  Capt.  Richard  Stacey,  gentleman,  bought  of 
Obadiah  Foster  of  Andover  a  farm  of  74  acres  on  the 
Billerica  road  near  Nehemiah  Abbott's  tavern.  In  the 
advertisement  of  the  sale  of  this  farm  after  the  Revolu- 
tion, the  Salem  Gazette  of  Jan.  8,  1784,  states  that  it  was 
situated  "about  1  &  1-2  miles  from  the  Rev.  Mr.  French's 
meeting  house,  well  wooded  and  watered  and  fenced  with 
stone  wall,  has  on  it  two  good  houses  and  a  large  good 
barn  and  many  other  conveniences,  with  a  good  garden. 
This  farm  was  formerly  Capt.  John  Foster's,  is  well  situ- 
ated for  a  tavern  or  any  other  trade,  and  has  as  good  til- 
lage land  as  any  in  Andover.  The  farthest  part  of  said 
farm  is  not  more  than  one  half  mile  from  the  dwelling 
house,  which  makes  it  very  convenient.  One  may  stand 
at  the  door  and  see  all  the  business  going  on  in  most  part 
of  the  farm." 

May  19,  1777,  three  days  before  Captain  Stacey  pur- 
chased this  farm,  he  was  elected  one  of  the  Representa- 
tives to  the  General  Court  from  Marblehead,  with  Capt. 
Joshua  Orne,  Col.  Jonathan  Glover  and  Col.  Azor  Orne. 

F'rom  1778  to  1782  he  was  taxed  in  the  South  parish  of 
Andover.  He  returned  to  Marblehead  in  1783,  and  was 
chosen  one  of  the  selectmen,  the  other  members  of  the 
board  being  Dea.  Samuel  Gatchell,  Capt.  William  Hooper, 
Capt.  William  Blackler,  Dea.  Stephen  Phillips,  Capt.  N. 
Lindsey,  and  Samuel  Waite.  He  also  served  as  fireward 
from  1777  until  late  in  life,  the  board  being  composed  of 
twelve  leading  men  of  the  town.  A  notable  town  meet- 
ing was  held  April  24,  1783,  with  Gen.  John  Glover  as 
moderator,  when  Captain  Stacey  was  appointed  on  a  com- 
mittee to  draw  up  resolutions  to  prevent  the  return  of 
the  refugees  to  town,  his  associates  being  Hon.  Elbridgo 
Gerry,  later  Governor  of  Massachusetts  and  Vice  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States,  Thomas  Gerry,  Esq.,  Hon. 
Joshua  Orne,  Col.  Jonathan  Glover,  Edward  Fettyplace, 
Esq.,  and  Richard  Harris.  During  the  Revolution  and  the 
period  which  immediately  preceded  it,  Captain  Stacey 
appears  from  the  tax  lists  to  have  been  most  successful  as 
a  merchant  and  one  of  the  wealthy  men  in  a  town  noted 
for  its  commercial   activity.     According   to   the  "  Couti- 


^6  CAPTAIN   RICHARD   STACBY  OF  MAEBLEHEAD 

nental  Book  of  Names"  at  Abbott  Hall,  in  1779,  Mar- 
iblehead  had  a  population  of  4,777,  with  73  blocks,  422 
blouses,  172  barns,  40  shops  and  19  warehouses.  Captain 
Stacey  had  a  negro  named  "  Jacob  "  in  his  family  in  1784. 
;He  was  the  owner  of  several  fishing  schooners  in  1783 
and  1784. 

Captain  Stacey's  connection  with  St.  Michael's  Church 
was  of  long  duration.  In  1784  he  was  elected  a  vestry- 
man, and  in  the  following  year  there  were  associated  with 
'him,  Woodward  Abraham,  lay  reader,  Capt.  Israel  Foster, 
Capt.  Samuel  Hooper,  Samuel  Sewall,  Esq.,  Chief  Justice 
of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Massachusetts,  Capt.  William 
Andrews,  Capt.  Joseph  Lee,  Capt.  Joseph  Hinckley,  and 
Capt.  Thomas  Procter.  Meetings  of  the  proprietors  of 
the  church  were  upon  occasion  held  at  Captain  Stacey's 
house,  which  was  near.  March  31, 1788,  a  vote  of  thanks 
-was  tendered  Captains  Edward  Bowen  and  Richard  Stacey 
for  their  services  as  wardens.  At  this  time  Capt.  John 
Knight,  Capt.  Joshua  Orne,  Col.  Marston  Watson,  Thomas 
Lewis  and  Dr.  Luke  Drury  were  associated  with  him  on 
the  vestry.     He  owned  the  pew  numbered  2  in  the  church. 

To  Captain  Stacey,  as  to  many  others,  the  period  fol- 
lowing the  Revolution  brought  financial  distress  and  his 
property  became  involved  to  an  alarming  degree.  The 
merchants  of  Marblehead  sought  strenuously  to  restore 
the  prosperity  which  the  town  enjoyed  before  the  war  by 
iitting  out  ships  for  foreign  ports,  but  her  greatness  as  a 
■commercial  port  was  gone  forever,  and  the  resort  to  fish- 
eries was  the  onl}'^  alternative.  Captain  Stacey  died  April 
■5,  1792,  at  the  age  of  sixty  years,  and  was  buried  in  the 
Second  Church  cemetery,  now  the  Unitarian.  He  was 
Attended  in  his  last  illness  by  Dr.  Elisha  Story,  the  dis- 
tinguished physician  and  surgeon.  Administration  was 
granted  to  his  widow,  Rebecca,  and  the  inventory  which 
was  returned  by  her,  Nov.  29, 1794,  showed  that  he  was 
-possessed  of  a  mahogany  desk  and  bookcase,  a  maple 
•desk  and  bookcase,  six  walnut  chairs,  a  tea  stand,  an  old 
.mahogany  table,  five  looking  glasses,  a  mahogany  card 
table,  a  marble  slab  (which  was  appraised  higher  than  any 
other  item  except  the  desk  and  the  plate),  eight  Windsor 


CAPTAIN  RICHARD  STACBY  OF  MARBLEHEAD  87 

■chairs,  eight  pictures,  glass,  china  and  plate,  shovel  and 
tongs,  tea  tray,  delph  ware,  brass  candlesticks,  and- 
irons, a  large  easy  chair  and  a  small  one,  a  round  chair, 
toilet  table,  and  a  pair  of  walnut  case  drawers.  Of  Cap- 
tain Stacey's  children,  Hannah  married  Edwin  Gardner, 
Rebecca  married  David  Silvester,  and  Sally  married  Joshua 
Silvester,  both  sons  of  David  Silvester,  Esq.,  a  prominent 
ship-owner  and  merchant  of  Pownalborough,  now  Wis- 
casset,  Maine,  who  had  sent  his  sons  to  the  Marblehead 
Academy  to  be  educated.  The  other  children  died  in  in- 
fancy or  unmarried.  There  are  numerous  descendants  of 
-Captain  Stacey  in  all  parts  of  the  United  States. 


JOURNAL  OF  DOCTOR  SAMUEL  HOLTEN 


While  in  the  Continental  Congress,   May,  1778, 
TO  August,   1780. 


(  Continued  from  Vol.  L  VI,  Page  32.') 

Jan.  1,  1780.     The  Hon.  M'  Forbes^  supped  with  us. 

3.  Rec'd  a  letter  from  y®  hon.  M'  Adams  and  the  hon. 
M'  Palmer. 

The  Virginia  troops  marched  thro'  this  city  to  South 
Carolina. 

6.  It  is  said  some  of  the  enemies  vessels  are  ashore  in 
the  Jerseys. 

6.     I  wrote  to  M'  Adams. 

8.  We  have  accounts  that  y®  army  is  in  great  want  of 
provisions. 

10.  I  dined  with  the  Minister  of  France,  M'  President 
Reed  &  a  number  of  members   of  Congress  dined  there. 

12.     The  enemy  is  in  great  want  of  supplies. 

14.  I  visited  the  President's  lady,  she  is  sick  with  the 
small  Pox. 

16.  Congress  agreed  upon  a  number  of  resolutions 
for  establishing  a  Court  of  Appeals,  of  members  out  of 
Congress. 

18.  I  dined  with  the  Minister  of  France.  Three 
years  this  day  since  the  decease  of  my  hon^  Father. 

19.  Yesterday  M'^  Searle  cained  the  Sec'y  of  Congress 
&  the  Sec'y  returned  the  same  salute. 

22.  Baron  Stuben  came  here  to  board.  M'  Wythe,* 
M'  Holman  &  M' Judges  of  Appeals. 

^James  Forbes,  delegate  from  Maryland. 

'George  Wythe  (1728-1806)  of  Virginia,  a  "Signer  "and  wealthy- 
slave  owner. 

(88) 


JOURNAL   OF   DOCTOR   SAMUEL   HOLTEN  89 

25.  Samuel  Osgood ,i  Esq'  arrived  here  from  Boston, 
charged  with  business  from  the  Court.  Received  a  letter 
from  Colo.  Hutchinson. 

26.  Rec'd  a  letter  from  Jona***  Webster,  Esq'.  M' 
Osgood  dined  with  us. 

29.     I  dined  with  Colo.  Pickering. 
Feb.  1.     I  dined  with  the  President. 
2.     D'  Brown,  the  chief  Physician   &    Surgeon  of  the 
army,  Spent  y®  evening  with  me. 

4.  The  medical  committee  met  in  my  chamber. 

5.  M'  Livermore^  arrived  here  from  New  Hampshire. 

7.  Rec'd  a  letter  from  M'  Ketteil.  Congress  received 
letters  from  Gen.  Lincoln. 

8.  1  dined  with  the  Minister.  Wrote  to  Colo.  Enoch 
Putnam. 

9.  Congress  agreed  to  resolutions  for  filling  up  the 
army. 

10.  I  dined  with  the  Honorable  R.  Morris,  Esq'. 

12.  Maj.  Osgood  set  out  for  Boston.  I  wrote  to  Colo. 
Hutchinson,  M'  Freeman,  M'  Webster.  Congress  rec'd  a 
letter  from  M'  Jay. 

14.  I  wrote  to  the  President  of  the  Council  of  Mas- 
sachusetts p'  Post  &  to  the  Hon.  J.  Palmer,  Esq'  by  M' 
Cranch. 

16.  The  Hon.  the  Medical  com*  met  in  my  chamber. 

17.  Colo.  Baldwin^  of  Mass^  Bay  dined  with  me. 

18.  I  wrote  to  the  Reverend  M'  Smith  of  Middleton. 

19.  We  had  an  account  from  Gen.  Washington  re- 
specting some  damage  done  by  the  enemy  at  White  Plains. 

20.  I  attended  public  worship  in  the  afternoon  at 
Doct'  Ewins.  I  was  invited  to  the  funeral  of  the  Lady 
of  Hon.  M'  Paca,  But  being  indisposed  I  did  not  attend. 

21.  Doct'  Sheal  dined  with  us. 

22.  I  dined  with  the  minister.  I  wrote  to  the  hon^^® 
Jere  Powell,  Esq'. 

'Col.  Samuel  Osgood  of  Andover,  Mass.,  merchant,  officer  in  the 
army,  afterwards  United  States  Postmaster  General  and  Naval 
Officer  of  the  Port  of  New  York. 

2SamueLLivermore  (1732-1803),  Judge  of  the  Superior  Court  of 
New  Hampshire,  and  United  States  Senator. 

»Col.  Loammi  Baldwin  (1745-1807),  of  Woburn,  member  of  the 
General  Court. 


90  JOURNAL   OF   DOCTOR   SAMUEL   HOLTEN 

23.  The  Hon.  the  medical  com*  met  in  my  chamber. 

24.  Congress  sit  late  upon  very  important  matters.  I 
wrote  to  y*  council  of  Massachusetts. 

25.  Congress  called  upon  the  States  for  large  sup- 
plies. 

28.  I  rec'd  a  letter  from  the  Hon.  M'  Greenleafi  &  one 
from  y®  Hon'  M'  Hopkins  &  several  papers    from  Boston. 

29.  I  wrote  to  the  Hon.  M'  Derby ,2  M'  Sherburne,* 
M'  Story.* 

Mar.  2.     I  dined  with  the  minister  of  France. 

3.  Congress  agreed  to  recommend  to  the  States  to 
set  apart  the  last  Wednesday  in  April  next  as  a  day  of 
Fasting  &  prayer.     I   wrote    to   y®  Hon.  Caleb  Cushing. 

4.  Congress  rec'd  a  packet  from  France  this  day  by 
the  way  of  Boston. 

6.  I  wrote  to  the  President  of  the  Council  of  Mass^ 
Bay.  We  have  accounts  that  y®  enemy  are  arrived  in 
Georgia. 

7.  I  wrote  to  the  Hon.  Dan^  Hopkins,  Esq'  &  dined 
with  the  President  of  Congress. 

8.  I  met  the  medical  committee.  Colo.  Pickering 
dined  with  us  &  Colo.  Nicholos.^ 

9.  Congress  lias  been  in  a  committee  of  the  whole  on 
finance.  This  evening  a  woman  was  taken  as  a  thief  in 
this  house. 

10.  I  met  the  committee  on  Finance  twice  this  day. 

11.  I  was  with  the  com*  of  Finance  the  chief  of  the 
day.     I  dined  with  y*  minister. 

12.  I  received  a  letter  from  Gen.  Lincoln. 

15.  The  Post  brought  no  mail  from  the  eastward  of 
Fish-Kill. 

16.  Wrote  to  M'  Wiat  &  M'  Kittell. 

17.  I  dined  with  the  minister.  I  wrote  to  M'  Hancock 
&  M'  Adams. 

18.  Congress  agreed  to  call  in  all  the  paper  currency 
by  taxes. 

'Benjamin  Greenleaf. 

"Richard  Derby  of  Salem,  member  of  the  Massachusetts  CounciL 
•*John  Samuel  Sherburne  (1767-1830),  of  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 
"William  Story  of  Boston. 

*Col.  George  Nicholas  of  Virginia,  a  leader  in  the  Constitutional 
Convention  and  the  first  Attorney-General  of  Kentucky. 


JOUBNAL   OF   DOCTOR   SAMUEL   HOLTEN  91 

20.  Rec^  a  letter  from  y"  hon.  M' Palmer,  M'  Sullivan 
&  M"^  Avery. 

21.  I  wrote  to  the  Hon  M'  Greenleaf. 

23.  Congress  have  adjourned  to  Saturday,  tomorrow- 
is  good  Friday. 

24.  I  wrote  to  the  Hon.  M'  Palmer  &  the  Hon.  M' 
Sullivan  p'  Express.  Colo  Ward  &  M'  Pierse^  dined 
with  us. 

25.  '  The  Hon.  M""  Forbes,  a  member  from  the  State  of 
Maryland,  deceased.    I  dined  with  the  minister  of  France. 

26.  I  attended  the  funeral  of  M'  Forbes.  Colo.  Hend- 
ley  arrived  here. 

27.  Rec'd  a  letter  from  my  daughter  Sally.  Congress 
had  letters  from  M"^  J.  Adams. 

28.  Wrote  to  the  Hon.  M'  Adams,  M'  Palmer,  M' 
Gordon,  Colo.  Orne,  M'  Hall  &  his  son  &  Capt.  Williams. 

29.  Gen.  Portail  is  ordered  to  join  the  southern  army. 
Colo.  Haziel  &  M""  Law  dined  with  us. 

30.  M'  Maderson^  &  M'  Killosh*  dined  with  us. 
Apr.  1.     I  dined  with  the  President. 

5.  Congress  approved  of  Gen.  Washington's  sending 
Maryland  and  Delaware  troops  to  S°  Carolina. 

6.  I  wrote  to  Docf  Foster.  Took  a  walk  with  M' 
Gerry  &  M'  Livermore. 

8.  Wrote  to  the  Hon.  M'  Wood  by  M"^  Partridge.  M' 
Livermore  &  his  son  set  out  home. 

9.  Sabbath  day.  Heard  M'  Armstrong  preach.  The 
Hon.  M'  Partridge  left  us. 

10.  I  dined  with  the  minister.  Congress  agreed  to 
make  good  to  the  officers  &  soldiers  their  pay  on  account 
of  the  depreciation  of  the  money. 

11.  Wrote  to  Docf  Gordon  &  Hon.  M'  Partridge. 
H.  B.     I  enclosed  to  M"  Holten  400  dollars. 

12.  D'  Eustis*  &  D'  Crage  dined  with  us. 

'Probably  William  Pierce,  Aide-de-Camp  to  Gen.  Green,  delegate 
from  Georgia. 

2James  Madison  (1751-1836),  delegate  from  Virginia,  afterward 
President  of  the  United  States. 

■'Francis  KInloch,  delegate  from  South  Carolina. 

*Dr.  William  Eustis  (1753-1825),  of  Cambridge,  Mass.,  who  was 
serving  as  a  surgeon  in  the  war,  with  headquarters  at  West  Point, 
afterward  Secretary  of  War  and  Governor  of  Massachusetts. 


d2       JOURNAL  OP  DOCTOR  SAMUEL  HOLTEN 

13.  I  received  a  letter  from  Josiah  Batchelder,  Esq*" 
Congress  appointed  a  com*  to  repair  to  headquarters. 

14.  Maj''  don  Ponso  went  into  the  country. 

15.  Baron  Steuben  set  out  for  headquarters.  I  rode 
out  with  him  5  miles. 

17.  Wrote  to  the  Hon.  Jabez  Fisher,  Esq'  by  M*^ 
Torrey. 

19.  It  is  five  years  this  day  since  the  war  commenced. 
I  dined  with  the  President  of  Congress. 

20.  D^  Sheald  dined  with  us. 

22.  I  rode  out  with  y®  President  of  Congress,  Gen. 
Fulsom  &  the  Sec'y,  eleven  miles  to  the  sec'y's  farm. 

24.  Rec'd  a  letter  from  the  Hon.  J.  Sullivan  Esq'. 

25.  I  wrote  to  the  Hon.  M'  White.  M'  Peabody  set 
out  for  headquarters.     I  rode  out  with  him  5  miles. 

28.  Wrote  to  M'  Sullivan.     Rode  out  with  M'  Gerry. 

29.  I  rode  out  twice.  The  President  of  Congress 
drank  tea  with  us. 

30.  Rec'd  a  letter  from  the  Hon.  M'  Derby. 

May  2.  Wrote  to  the  Hon.  M'  Adams,  M'  Avery,  M^ 
Batchelder,  &  M'  Games. 

3.  Rec'd  a  letter  from  M'  Peabody.  The  medical 
committee  met  in  my  chamber. 

5.  I  rode  to  Germantown  with  M'  Gates. 

6.  I  rode  out  &  then  dined  with  the  minister.  Three 
men  were  hanged  here  this  day. 

8.  I  attended  at  the  Roman  Catholic  church  on  ac- 
count of  the  death  of  Don  Juan. 

9.  I  rode  out  to  Frankford. 

10.  I  dined  with  the  President.     Wrote  to  M'  Derby. 

11.  Rec'd  a  letter  from  M'  Partridge. 

12.  I  dined  with  the  Minister  of  France. 

13.  I  rode  out  with  y®  President  of  Congress,  Gen, 
Fulsom  &  M'  Ellery. 

14.  Sabbath  day.  I  attended  at  D'  Duffield's  &  M' 
Marshal's.     Governeur  Morris  had  his  leg  cut  oif. 

'"Last  Sunday  morning  Governr  Morris  got  into  his  carriage  at 
the  city  tavern  to  ride  out  and  his  horses  took  fright  and  he  endeav- 
ouring to  get  out,  shattered  one  of  his  legs  to  pieces  so  that  it  was 
immediately  taken  off."— ieffer  from  Br.  Holten  to  Hon.  George 
Partridge. 


JOURNAL  OF  DOCTOR   SAMUEL  HOLTBN  93 

15.  I  received  a  letter  from  Doct*  Gordon,  D'  War- 
ren &  the  Hon.  M""  Wood.  Congress  rec'd  a  packet  from 
France  by  the  Marquis  de  la  Fayette.  Agreeable  intelli- 
gence. 

17.  I  met  the  medical  com*. 

18.  Congress  sit  twice  this  day  &  till  11  o'Clock  at 
night  upon  important  matters. 

20.     The  Marquis  made  us  a  visit. 

23.  I  wrote  two  letters  to  the  President  of  the  Coun- 
cil. Tire  militia  of  this  city  mustered  &  they  made  a 
good  appearance. 

24.  I  visited  the  Hon.  M'  Mulhenburg  with  M'  Ellery 
&  Gen.  Fulsom. 

25.  It  is  two  years  this  day  since  I  left  home.  The 
post  brought  no  letters. 

26.  I  dined  with  the  Minister  of  France. 

27.  It  is  said  that  3  women  have  been  drowned  in  y* 
Delaware  this  day. 

29.  Rec'd  a  letter  from  Hon  M'  Adams,  M'  Gushing, 
&  2  from  D'  Foster. 

31.     Gen*  Election,  Boston.     I  dinedwith  the  Minister. 
June  1.     Rec'd  a  letter  from  D'  Brown  &  M'  Avery. 

2.  Wrote  to  Messrs.  Greenleaf  &  Cross.i 

3.  The  Hon.  M'  Gerry  set  out  for  Boston  &  Jere  with 
him.     I  wrote  to  the  Hon.  Council. 

5.  We  have  accounts  from  the  southward  by  which  it 
is  supposed  Charleston  is  taken. 

6.  I  wrote  to  the  President  of  the  Council. 

7.  I  dined  with  y®  Minister.  M'  Lovell's  son  arrived 
here. 

8.  It  is  said  Charles''  was  taken  the  18***  of  May.  M" 
Holten  informs  me  M'  Nurse^  died  Apl.  7*^ 

10.  We  have  another  account  that  Charleston  surren- 
dered the  ll***  of  May. 

11.  It  is  said  7  French  vessels  are  arrived  here. 

12.  It  is  said  Charleston  is  taken  by  the  enemy. 

13.  I  wrote  to  the  hon.  M'  Hancock,  M'  Kettell  & 
Jere.     Gen.  Ward  arrived  here  this  morning. 

'Stephen  Cross  of  Newburyport. 
'Francis  Nurse  of  Danvers. 


94  JOURNAL   OF   DOCTOR   SAMUEL   HOLTEN 

14.  One  of  Gen.  Lincoln's  aids  is  arrived  with  the  ac- 
counts of  the  surrender  of  Charlestown. 

16.  I  rec'd  a  letter  from  M""  Avery,  informing  me  of 
my  appointment  to  y®  council  board. 

17.  I  rec'd  a  letter  from  the  Hon  M'  Peabody  by  Gen. 
Schuyler.     James  Lovell  sit  out  for  Boston. 

19.  Rec'd  a  letter  from  D'  Brown,  Hon.  M"^  Partridge 
&  the  Hon.  M'  Adams,  by  order  of  y*  council,  notifying 
me  of  ray  appointment  to  a  seat  in  the  Hon.  Council. 

21.  I  wrote  to  the  Treasury  board. 

22.  Gen.  Lincoln  arrived  here.  I  rec'd  a  letter  from 
D"-  Gordon  &  M'  Story. 

23.  I  wrote  to  the  Hon.  M"^  Gerry  &  dined  with  the 
President  of  Congress. 

24.  The  light  horse  of  this  city  set  out  to  headquar- 
ters. 

25.  Sabbath  day.  I  attend  public  worship  in  the  fore- 
noon at  the  Dutch  Lutherans. 

28,  1  dined  with  Colo.  Pickering.  The  Hon.  M' 
Adams  arrived  here  from  Boston. 

29.  Rec'd  a  letter  from  Colo.  Hutchinson  &  dined 
with  the  minister. 

July  1.     Gen  Lincoln  set  out  for  headquarters. 

3.  I  received  a  letter  from  M"^  Isaac  Smith*  of  Boston. 

4.  Anniversary  of  our  independence.  Congress  at- 
tended the  public  commencement  &  had  a  cold  collation 
with  a  number  of  Gent.  I  wrote  to  the  town  of  Danvers 
&  to  Col.  Hutchinson. 

7.  Wrote  to  the  hon.  M'  Bowdoin*  &  Rev.  M'  Wads- 
worth. 

8.  D'  Shippen  y*  Director  Gen.  of  the  hospitals  paid 
me  a  visit.  I  wrote  to  the  hon'  M'  Dana  and  Carmi- 
chael. 

11.     Wrote  to  Isaac  Smith,  Esq'  &  to  M'  Kettell. 

15.  I  rec'd  a  letter  from  M'  Peabody  mentioning  y* 
arrival  of  y®  F[rench]  Fleet  at  R[hode]  I[sland.] 

17.  Dined  with  y®  minister.  I  rec'd  a  letter  from  M"^ 
Story. 

'Isaac  Smith,  afterward  Librarian  at  Harvard  College  and  precep- 
tor at  Dummer  Academy. 

^James  Bowdoin. 


JOURNAL   OF  DOCTOR   SAMUEL   HOLTBN  95 

19.  D'  Cockron  brought  me  a  letter  from  M'  Peabody. 
I  wrote  to  Gen.  Gates. 

24.  Kec'd  a  letter  from  M"^  Warren  &  Jery. 

25.  Jery  returned  &  brought  me  a  letter  from  D. 
Putnam,  Rev.  M'  Smith,  Joseph  Hall,  M"  Holten  &  my 
daughter  Sally. 

26.  I  began  to  prepair  to  return  home. 

27.  Sir  James  Jay  spent  the  evening  with  me, 

28.  The  president.  Justice  McKean  &  D'  Sheal  paid 
me  a  visit. 

29.  Sir  James  Jay  spent  some  time  with  me  upon 
state  affairs. 

Aug.  2.  I  set  out  from  Philadelphia  to  Boston  and  am 
now  at  M'  Thompkins  17  miles  from  y^  city.  This  is  a 
good  inn. 

3.  Rode  to  Howel's  Ferrey,  1 7  1-2  miles,  dined  at  M' 
Cowel's,  Then  crossed  y*  Delaware,  traveled  about  15  1-2 
miles  to  Quakertown. 

4.  I  traveled  to  Bethlehem  7  or  8  miles  &  dined,  then 
traveled  to  Miller's,  12  miles.  I  overset  this  day  &  hurt 
my  ankle  &  the  lock  of  my  Box. 

5.  I  traveled  to  Hakertown  8  miles  &  dined  at  M' 
Dav"*  James',  then  traveled  to  Pettit's  10  miles,  where  I 
am  to  lodge  this  night.  The  weather  is  very  warm  &  I 
am  not  well. 

6.  Sabbath  day.  I  traveled  to  M'  Gary's  15  miles  & 
dined,  then  traveled  7  miles  to  M'  Perry's.  The  roads 
very  dry. 

7.  Ti-aveled  to  M""  Athol's  10  miles,  dined,  then  trav- 
eled to  M'  Drake's  10  miles  (N.  Y.  State).  This  is  a 
good  Inn. 

8.  Rode  13  miles  to  M'  Soring's  &  dined,  then  trav- 
eled 5  miles  to  N.  Winsor,  crossed  the  N[orth]  R[iver] 
to  Fish-Kill  3  miles,  then  traveled  5  miles  to  M'  Bash's. 
Here  I  lodge. 

9.  Traveled  about  3  miles,  stopped  at  a  Gent.  House 
on  account  of  a  shower,  then  traveled  to  Colo.  Vander- 
bury's  13  m.  &  dined,  then  traveled  9  m.  to  Colo.  More- 
house's. 

10.  Traveled  13  m.  to  N.  Milford,  dined  at  Colo.  Can- 
ford's,  then  7  m.  toward  Woodberry.  We  have  not  much 


96      JOURNAL  OP  DOCTOR  SAMUEL  HOLTEN 

to  eat  here.     The  land  is  very  high  &  the  road  very  bad. 
N.  B.     We  sit  out  early. 

11.  Traveled  7  miles  to  Woodbury.  Breakfasted  at 
M'  Gillchrist's.  Then  traveled  11  miles  to  Waterbury  & 
dined,  then  11  miles  to  Southerton  to  M'  Lewes's.  I  be- 
lieve it  is  a  good  Inn.  The  roads  were  very  bad,  except- 
ing about  5  miles.     N.  B.     Henry  overset  y®  shay. 

12.  I  have  not  traveled  any  this  day  on  account  of  my 
horses  and  rain  in  the  forenoon.  I  am  kindly  treated 
here  &  good  entertainment. 

13.  Sabbath  day.  I  attended  public  worship  in  the 
forenoon.  M'  Roberson  preached  a  good  sermon.  I  am 
still  at  M'  Lewes's.     Weather  very  warm. 

14.  Traveled  to  Hartford  18  m.  dined  near  the  State 
house,  then  8  m.  to  M'  Ellsworth's.     A  good  Inn. 

15.  Traveled  to  West  Springfield  15  m.  &  dined,  then 
6  m.  to  Springfield,  on  my  way  crossed  Connecticut  River, 
then  traveled  10  miles  to  Wilbraham,  where  I  now  am  & 
I  think  it  is  a  good  inn. 

16.  Traveled  16  miles,  dined  at  M"  Bascom's,  then 
traveled  late  17  miles  to  M'  Livermore's  in  Spencer, 
where  I'm  to  lodge.     I  am  much  ill.     A  very  hot  day. 

17.  Traveled  through  Worcester  to  Sims  bury,  20 
miles,  called  on  Gen.  Ward's  Lady,  but  did  not  see  her. 
Dined  at  M'  Ballard's  (a  good  House),  then  traveled  to 
Molbury  to  M'  Savin,  where  I  now  am,  8  m. 

18.  Traveled  to  Watertown,  20  m.,  &  dined  at  the 
House  where  I  dined  with  M'  Hancock  when  I  sit  out  to 
the  southward,  then  traveled  to  Charlestown  Ferry,  8  m., 
&  arrive  at  M'  Hall's  in  Boston  about  5  o'Clock,  where  I 
was  received  with  great  respect. 

19.  I  attended  at  the  Hon^^®  Council,  was  sworn  & 
took  my  seat.  The  several  members  of  the  Board  rec'd 
nie  with  the  kindest  respect.  I  called  at  D'  Lee's  lodging 
&  left  a  card.  I  visited  M"  Adams  &  M"  Lovell  &  M' 
Warner,  but  M'  W.  was  not  at  home. 

20.  Sabbath  day.  I  attended  public  worship  at  D"^ 
Cooper's.  M'  Eliot  preached  &  y*  D'.  I  dined  at  M"^ 
Bowdoin's  &  drank  tea  at  M'  Warner's. 

21.  I  wrote  to  the  Hon^^^  M""  Lovell.  I  dined  with 
Capt.  Bradford.     I  drank  Tea  at  M'  Bowdoin's  with  the 


JOURNAL   OF  DOCTOR   SAMUEL   HOLTEN  97 

Council  &  D'  Lee.     I  spent  part  of  the  evening  at  Dea'' 
Sherbourne's. 

22.  I  attended  at  the  Council.  Had  a  conference  with 
D'  Lee.  Dined  with  M'  Warner.  Drank  tea  with  the 
Hon.  M'  Gill  &  took  a  walk  with  D'^  Lee,  D"^  Cooper  &  a 
number  of  Gent.  &  Ladies.  D'  Lee  &  D'  Cooper  spent 
the  evening  with  me.     M"  Hall  gave  us  a  good  supper. 

23.  I  sit  out  from  Boston  &  dine  at  M"^  Newhall's  in 
Lynn,  where  I  was  met  by  a  number  of  Gentlemen  from 
Danvers,  and  they  accompanied  me  home  after  stopping 
at  ye  Bell  tavern.  I  am  now  arrived  at  my  own  House 
&  have  all  the  satisfaction  of  being  with  my  own  Family. 
I  now  close  this  Journal  with  a  sense  of  divine  goodness 
to  me  &  my  family  in  our  long  separation. 

N.  B.  The  foregoing  was  a  matter  of  course.  I  was 
careful  not  to  make  any  remarks  upon  the  public  affairs 
in  this  diary,  for  reasons  I  shall  not  mention  at  this  time. 


BEVERLY  IN  1700.    NO.  6. 


BY   SIDNEY   PERLEY. 


The  territory  of  Beverly  included  in  this  section  was 
taken  up  by  the  early  settlers  vei-y  slowly  as  much  of  the 
land  was  rocky  and  swampy  and  undesirable  for  farming 
purposes.  The  length  from  the  Wenham  town  line  to  the 
sea,  north  and  south,  is  about  two  and  three-fourth  miles, 
and  its  width  from  Turtle  hill  to  the  Wenham  line  about 
one  mile,  east  and  west. 

The  designation  of  Cape  Ann  Side  included  this  part 
of  Beverly  as  late  as  1670. 

The  tidal  water  bounding  this  section  on  the  south 
has  been  generally  called  the  sea  ;  and  Mackerel  cove  has 
been  so  known  since  1636. 

The  sandy  shore  at  the  foot  of  Brackenbury  lane  was 
called  Patch's  beach  as  early  as  1850. 

Mingo  beach  was  so  called  as  early  as  1804.  The  name 
was  occasioned  by  the  residence  of  Robin  Mingo  upon 
the  headland  at  its  western  end,  a  triangular  lot  having 
been  given  him  by  the  town,  from  1728  to  his  death  in 
1748,  at  the  age  of  eighty-seven.  He  was  a  colored  slave 
of  Thomas  Woodbury.  He  married  Deborah  Tailer,  an 
Indian  slave,  in  1707.  She  survived  him,  and  died  in 
1769. 

Witch  lane,  which  leads  northerly  into  the  woods  from 
Hale  street,  a  few  rods  westerly  of  Mingo's  humble  hab- 
itation, has  been  so  designated  since  1806  at  least.  This 
passes  on  the  westerly  side  of  "  Flora's  swamp,"  a  name 
which  was  probably  derived  from  some  association  with 
Flora,  one  of  the  negro  slaves  of  that  name  in  this  local- 
ity.    The  swamp  was  so  called  as  early  as  1834. 

The  highland  next  westerly  of  Mingo's  home,  between 
Hale  street  and  the   shore,    was    called  "  The  Park  "  as 
early  as  1765,  and  also  Burying  Point  in  1804. 
(98) 


BY   SIDNEY   PEKLEY  99 

The  point  of'  land  at  the  foot  of  Prince  street  was  called 
Ober's  Point  in  1864. 

There  are  two  considerable  elevations  in  this  section. 
One  of  them,  Bald  hill,  was  so  called  as  early  as  1662 ; 
and  the  other,  Long  hill,  has  been  known  by  that  name 
since  1662  at  least. 

Sawyer's  plain  was  so  called  as  early  as  1669. 

Thissell's  brook  was  called,  near  Standley  street,  "  y* 
old  houses  brook"  in  1707 ;  and  below  Hale  street  Mack- 
erel Cove  creek  in  1648  ;  the  river  in  1764 ;  the  river 
leading  to  River  Head  bridge  in  1801 ;  and  the  brook  or 
stream  known  as  Thissell's  river  in  1901. 

Gravelly  brook  was  so  called  in  1782. 

The  oldest  highway  in  this  region  is,  of  course.  Hale 
street,  the  original  road  to  Cape  Ann.  It  was  there  in 
the  earliest  settlement ;  and  was  called  the  country  road 
in  1683  ;  the  road  that  leads  to  Manchester  in  1795  ;  and 
was  named  Hale  street  in  1838.  This  road  was  straight- 
ened, as  shown  on  the  map,  about  1840.  The  bridge 
over  Thissell's  brook,  near  Chapman's  corner,  was  first 
ordered  to  be  made  by  Salem  as  a  footbridge  in  February, 
1645-6,  by  the  Salem  Quarterly  Court.  It  had  not  been 
made  three  years  later,  when  Gloucester  was  presented 
for  want  of  a  bridge  at  this  brook.  One  was  eventually 
constructed,  however.  It  was  called  River  Head  bridge 
in  1801 ;  and  Thissell's  bridge  in  1838. 

Brackenbury  lane  was  laid  out  by  the  selectmen  of 
Beverly  March  18,  1678-9,  and  described  in  the  records  as 

a  Cart  high  way  from  the  water  side  through  Goodman  Bracken- 
berries  farme  unto  the  Drift  way'  afforesaid  and  from  thence  to  the 
way  that  runs  by  the  north  side  of  bald  hill  as  the  way  goes  the 
said  way  to  be  two  pole  wide. 

That  part  of  this  layout  between  Hale  and  East  Lothrop 
streets  was  altered  and  abandoned  in  1682.  Brackenbury 
lane  was  called  a  town  highway  in  1707  ;  the  highway 
which  leads  to  the  beach  in  1765  ;  a  town  way  leading 
down  to  Patch's  beach  in  1791  ;  Patch's  lane  in  1801 ; 
and  Brackenbury  street  in  1850. 

'East  Lothrop  street. 


100  BEVERLY   IN   1700.    NO.   5 

Prince  street  was  called  Point  lane  in  1834  ;  and  has 
been  known  as  Prince  street  since  1864. 

Boyles  street  was  laid  out  by  a  committee  of  the  town 
Nov.  14,  1682,  as  follows  :— 

At  a  meting  of  the  felect  men  the  21  of  Aprell  1686  The  Committee 
then  made  a  Return  of  a  town  high  way  that  they  the  faid  Commit- 
tee laid  out  as  foloweth:  wee  who  were  chofen  by  the  town  of  bev- 
erly  as  a  Committee  to  lay  out  fuch  high  ways  as  may  be  for  the 
Conveinancy  of  the  town:  haue  on  the  14th  of  the  9th  mo:  1682 
taken  a  furvaie  of  a  high  way  that  was  formerly  laid  out  through 
goodman  Brackenberys  ffarm  wee  now  fee  caufe  to  alter  the  way 
and  to  lay  it  out  in  a  nother  place  which  is  to  fay  from  a  drift  way 
which  Runs  from  Ifaac  woodberys  to  a  brook  that  Runs  to  Nicholas 
woodberies  mill  from  that  drift  way  over  the  hill  down  to  Jonathan 
Boills  his  houfe  as  the  way  is  now  bounded  vnto  the  water  lide  by 
Insign  patchis  houfe  which  is  to  fay  two  pole  wide  which  way  is 
giuen  by  faid  Brackenbery  for  the  ufe  of  the  town  for  ever 
wittness  Samuell  Corning  fBN' 

John  dodge  sen' 
John  Hill 

Boyles  street  was  called  the  town  way  leading  to  Mack- 
erel cove  in  1682  ;  the  road  leading  from  Mackerel  cove 
to  Montserat  in  1831 ;  the  highway  leading  to  Mount 
Serat  in  1833  ;  and  Boyles  street  since  1850. 

That  part  of  Cole  street  lying  eastward  of  John  Wil- 
liams' house  was  laid  out  by  a  committee  of  the  town 
April  1,  1686,  according  to  the  following  record : — 

wee  whofe  names  are  vnder  written  have  on  the  fd  flrft  day  of 
Aprell  88  Laid  out  a  high  way  tow  pole  wide  through  the  land  Com- 
monly Known  by  the  name  of  fawyers  plain  that  is  to  fay  the  way 
begins  near  the  fouth  weft  Corner  of  John  Williams  his  houfe  and 
fo  Ruus  through  the  plain  betwen  the  land  of  Lieuetenont  thorn- 
dikes  and  the  land  of  Georg  ftandly  and  the  land  of  Robert  bradford 
vntell  it  comes  to  the  land  of  william  Cleaus  vpon  the  northerly 
fide  of  (Trauillie  Rige  through  faid  Cleeus  his  land  and  fo  to  the 
high  way  near  Richard  patch  his  houfe. 

This  was  called  ye  highway  in  1697  ;  and  ye  town  high- 
way in  1707. 

Standley  street,  from  Thomas  Patch's  house  to  Bald 
hill,  was  originated  in  1683.  It  was  laid  out  two  rods 
wide.  It  was  called  ye  town  way  in  1707  ;  the  road  lead- 
ing from  Mackerel  cove  to  Bald  hill  in  1782  ;  the  road 
leading  from  Bald  hill  over  Boyles  hill  so  called  in  1793  ; 
the  highway  that  leads  from  Patch's  brook  to  Taylor's  in 


BY   SIDNEY   PERLEY  101 

1795  ;  the  highway  near  the  house  of  James  Patch  in 
1801 ;  and  Standley  street  in  1846. 

Hull  street  was  so  called  in  1845. 

Essex  street  was  so  called  in  1845. 

Grover  street  was  laid  out  March  18,  1678-9,  and  de- 
scribed as  follows : — 

a  drift  way  be^ininge  between  lohn  Dodges  senior  and  Rice  Ed- 
wards through  the  said  dodges  pasture  and  soe  Southerly  into  the 
Common'and  soe  through  the  Land  of  Tho:  Baker  into  the  high  way 
.  by  bald  hill  and  soe  through  the  Land  of  Georg  Hull  into  the  Com- 
mon which  way  is  to  be  two  pole  wide. 

It  was  called  the  town  highway  in  1698  ;  ye  road  y*  was 
laid  out  to  Beverly  commons,  1740 ;  Grover's  lane  in 
1801 ;  the  cross  road  in  1808  ;  the  highway  leading  by 
the  house  formerly  William  Taylor's  in  1840 ;  and  Grover 
street  since  1865. 

Off  Grover  street  to  the  east  there  is  an  old  town  way 
which  was  there  in  1741  at  least. 

Relative  to  the  northern  portion  of  this  part  of  Beverly, 
the  following  letter,  published  in  the  Salem  Register^  in 
its  issue  of  April  30,  1846,  is  interesting  : — 

Messrs.  Editors  : — Nearly  a  year  since,  the  County  Commissioners 
widened  and  straightened  the  highway  in  Wenham  and  Beverly 
called  ''Hull  street."  A  portion  of  the  owners  of  land  upon  the 
route,  being  dissatisfied  with  the  damages  awarded  by  the  Commis- 
sioners, had  Mr.  Sheriff  Sprague  over  the  ground  on  Monday,  with 
twelve  "good  men  and  true,"  to  review  that  award,  who,  after 
hearing  the  petitioners  by  their  counsel,  N.  J.  Lord,  Esq.,  and  the 
County  by  A.  Huntington,  Esq.,  gave  their  verdict.  .  .  . 

There  are  several  localities  in  this  vicinity  quite  suggestive  of 
incident.  The  venerable  name  of  Hull,  from  which  the  street  takes 
its  title,  connected,  as  it  is,  not  only  with  the  descendants  of 
that  name,  but  also  with  the  early  family  of  Lovett  and 
with  that  of  the  earliest  William  Raymond,  suggests  many  mat- 
ters of  genealogical  interest.  This  part  of  our  ancient  town- 
shii>  is  denominated  "Mont  Serat;"  but  from  what  cause  it 
derives  that  title  is  not  certainly  known.  There  is  a  sort  of  private 
way  leading  from  this  street  towards  the  woods  called  "Middle- 
town,"  upon  which  are  now  standing  the  foundations  of  an  ancient 
house  and  barn,  formerly  the  residence  of  "Randall  Preston,"  the 
great  grandfather  of  Hon.  Robert  Rantoul,  senior.  The  wife  of 
Randall  Preston  was  Susanna  Stone;  and  in  later  years  the  place 
was  inhabited  by  a  family  by  the  name  of  Stone  (probably  a  connex- 
ion of  this  Susanna),  one  of  whom,  the  late  Rev.  (John?)  Stone,  was 
a  Baptist  clergyman  in  New  Boston,  N.  H.,  and  died  there  within 
twenty  years  past,   at  an  advanced  age.     The   old   Corning  house. 


102  BEVERLY  IN   1700.   NO.   5 

now  the  property  of  Mr.  James  Dunn,  presents  quite  a  venerable 
appearance,  with  its  upper  story  jutting  out  over  the  lower  part  of 
the  house.  There  are  also  some  curious  relics  of  rude  painting  and 
carving  of  the  olden  time  with  the  house.  "Bald  Hill"  is  in  this 
immediate  vicinity,  overlooking  a  very  extensive  and  beautiful 
prospect.  Although  much  of  the  land  in  this  part  of  the  town  pre- 
sents rather  a  barren  appearance,  yet,  formerly,  this  was  among  our 
richest  agricultural  territory — and  now,  with  the  increased  facilities 
furnished  by  better  roads,  and  with  the  will  and  energy  of  her 
young  men  applied  to  her  improvement,  Mont  Serat  may  yet  sur- 
prise the  most  sanguine;  for,  with  such  appliances,  it  cannot  be 
otherwise  than  that  territory,  containing  within  itself  such  rich 
meadows  and  bogs  as  here  abound,  must  ultimately  be  greatly  ad- 
vanced. "Grover  street,"  leading  from  "Hull  street"  to  "Dodge's 
Row,"  although  it  now  contains  but  two  dwelling  houses,  formerly 
had  several  upon  its  line.  Old  people  will  tell  you  of  the  "Oodie," 
"Larcom,"  «'Cole,"  and  other  houses  now  among  the  missing. 
The  Grover  family,  from  which  this  street  takes  its  name,  were 
among  the  earliest  settlers ;  and  altho'  the  name  is  extinct  here,  yet 
there  are  many  descendants  in  other  parts  of  Beverly.  Tradition  says 
that  one  of  the  last  of  the  name,  for  some  deed  of  darkness  he  had 
done,  was  doomed  to  be  haunted  by  troops  of  black  cats,  whom  he 
was  obliged  to  exorcise  by  spending  most  of  his  nights  in  psalm 
singing,  which  his  peculiar  style  enabled  him  to  employ  to  such  ad- 
vantage as  to  silence  and  subdue  all  the  caterwauling  of  his  sable 
tormentors.  The  last  that  was  seen  of  these  supposed  agents  of 
the  other  world  was  upon  the  night  of  his  decease,  when  they  com- 
pletely covered  his  coffin;  and  upon  being  disturbed,  all  made  their 
exit  up  the  chimney,  bearing,  as  was  supposed,  the  spirit  of  their 
victim  with  them,  but  leaving  his  corpse  unharmed  behind.  There 
was  also  an  eccentric  genius  by  the  name  of  Fairfield,  formerly  re- 
siding on  this  street,  who  believed  in  all  kinds  of  witchcraft  and 
superstition,  and  practised  various  arts  of  that  character  himself. 
Among  other  things,  he  kept  by  him  the  hand  taken  from  the  corpse 
of  a  first  born  male  child,  in  which  he  contended  he  could  place  a 
light  of  the  most  brilliant  character  and  carry  it  anywhere,  unper- 
ceived  by  any  one  except  himself.  There  were  also  several  Indian 
and  part  Indian  families  that  formerly  lived  in  this  vicinity,  of 
whom  some  marvellous  stories  are  told. 
Beverly,  April  28,  1846. 

Benjamin  Patch  House.  This  lot  of  land  was  probably 
granted  by  the  town  of  Salem  to  Richard  Brackenbury, 
who  apparently  conveyed  it  to  his  son-in-law  John  Patch. 
This  was  probably  the  homestead  of  Mr.  Brackenbury. 
Mr.  Patch  was  a  husbandman,  and  lived  here.  He  died 
in  1694 ;  and  by  agreement  partition  of  his  real  estate 
was  made  Nov.  11,  1695,  the  widow  Elizabeth  Patch  be- 
ing assigned  the  homestead  for  her  life,  and  then  the 
house,  barn,  orchard  and  land  "  on  the  south  side  of  the 
country  road  that  goeth  between  Salem  Ferry  and  Man- 
chester called    the    homestead  "  was    released  to  his  son 


BY  SroNEY  PERLET  103 

Benjamin  Patch.  John  Patch's  widow  died  Jan.  15, 
1715.  Benjamin  Patch  lived  here,  and  was  a  husband- 
man. He  died  in  June,  1730 ;  having  in  his  will  devised 
the  house,  barn  and  land  to  his  wife  Susanna  for  her  life. 
How  much  longer  the    house   stood    is  unknown. 

Mary  Patch  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  early  the  prop- 
erty of  John  Lovett,  sr.,  of  Beverly.  He  died  Nov.  5, 
1686,  having  in  his  will  devised  it  to  his  daughter  Mary, 
wife  of  Thomas  Patch  of  Beverly,  yeoman.  She  owned 
it  in  1700. 

Benjamin  Patch  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  belonged  to 
Benjamin  Patch  of  Beverly,  husbandman,  in  1700. 

Richard  Thissell  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  granted  to 
Jeflfrey  Massey  by  the  town  of  Salem  in  or  before  1638  ; 
and  Jeffrey  Thissell  died  possessed  of  it  in  the  spring  of 
1676.  In  his  will  he  devised  it  to  his  son  Richard  This- 
sell's  son  Jeffrey  Thissell,  who  was  then  only  three  years 
of  age.  The  boy  apparently  died  young,  and  his  father 
inherited  it  from  him.    Richard  Thissell  owned  it  inl700. 

Elizabeth  Walker  Rouse.  This  tract  of  land  was  proba- 
bly granted  to  William  Woodbery,  the  elder,  of  Salem, 
weaver,  by  the  town  of  Salem  Oct.  17,  1638.  He  built 
a  house  thereon,  and  lived  there.  He  had  apparently  con- 
veyed the  eastern  part  of  it  to  Nicholas  Woodbery,  sr., 
of  Beverly,  yeoman,  in  or  before  Sept.  23,  1670,  when  he 
conveyed  to  the  latter  "my  now  dwelling  house  I  now 
live  in  "  and  the  remainder  of  the  lot.^  The  whole  lot 
of  land  with  the  house  was  apparently  reconveyed  to  him 
before  his  decease.  He  died  Jan,  29,  1676-7,  having  in 
his  will  devised  the  house  and  land  to  his  wife  Elizabeth. 
She  married,  secondly,  John  Walker  March  12,  1678-9; 
and  she  died,  his  widow,  in  1718.  How  long  the  house 
stood  is  unknown  to  the  writer. 

Robert  Bradford  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  owned  by 
Robert  Bradford  in  1670  and  1700. 

Elizabeth  Walker  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  conveyed  by 
William  Woodbery,  the  elder,  of  Beverly,  weaver,  to 
Nicholas  Woodbery,  sr.,  of  Beverly,  yeoman,  Sept.  23, 
1670  ;i  and  was,  perhaps,  reconveyed  to  said  grantor  be- 

'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  8,  leaf  110. 


104  BEVERLY  IN    1700.  NO.   5 

fore  the  death  of  the  latter,  which  occurred  Jan.  29, 
1676-7.  It  probably  then  went  to  his  widow  Elizabeth, 
who  married,  secondly,  John  Walker  in  1678-9,  and  died 
in  1718. 

John  Lovett  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  belonged  to  John 
Lovett  in  1670.  He  died  possessed  of  it  Nov.  5,  1686  ; 
and  in  his  will  devised  it  to  his  daughter  Abigail  Kendall. 
She  owned  it  in  1700. 

Jonathan  Biles  House.  This  tract  of  land  early  belonged 
to  John  Patch  of  Beverly,  husbandman. 

That  part  of  the  lot  lying  northwesterly  of  the  northern 
dashes  was  conveyed  by  Richard  Brackenbury  of  Bever- 
ly, yeoman,  to  John  Patch,  sr.,  of  Beverly,  yeoman,  Sept. 
1,  1682  ;i  and  Mr.  Patch  conveyed  it  to  his  son-in-law 
Jonathan  Biles  of  Beverly,  carpenter,  in  or  before  1683. 

That  part  of  the  lot  lying  between  the  dashes  was  con- 
veyed by  Mr.  Patch  to  Mr.  Biles,  probably  in  1674,  and 
Mr.  Biles  built  a  house  thereon,  in  which  he  lived.  In 
consideration  of  love,  he  conveyed  his  homestead,  this 
house,  barn  and  land,  to  his  S09  Nicholas  Biles  April  10, 

1719.2  Nicholas  Biles  died  at  Canso  June  22,  1725,  at 
the  age  of  thirty-one.  He  left  no  issue,  and  his  father 
was  his  heir.  Mr.  Biles,  who  was  now  a  yeoman,  con- 
veyed the  same  homestead,  house,  barn  and  land,  to  his 
son  Richard  Biles  of  Gloucester,   husbandman,  Sept.  10, 

1726.3  Richard  Biles  came  here  and  lived.  For  two 
pounds  and  thirteen  shillings,  he  conveyed  to  his  grandson 
William  Clarke  of  Beverly,  mariner,  part  of  the  dwelling 
house  and  land  March  13,  1765.'* 

Three  acres  of  that  part  of  this  lot  lying  southeasterl}'- 
of  the  southern  dashes  was  given  by  Mr.  Patch  to  his 
daughter  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Jonathan  Biles,  in  or  before 
1683 ;  and,  for  twenty-six  pounds  and  five  shillings,  the 
rest  of  it  was  conveyed  by  Mr.  Patch  to  Mr.  Biles  Nov. 
30,  1683.5 


'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  6,  leaf  63. 
•Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  35,  leaf  160. 
'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  46,  leaf  23. 
*Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  121,  leaf  239. 
^Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  7,  leaf  72. 


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BY   SIDNEY  PBRLBY  105 

The  half  acre  of  land  where  the  mill  stood  originally 
belonged  to  Mr.  Patch ;  and  he  probably  conveyed  it  to 
Nicholas  Woodbery  of  Beverly,  who  erected  thereon  a 
corn  mill  in  or  before  1673.  For  forty-five  pounds,  Mr. 
Woodbury  conveyed  the  mill  and  land  to  Jonathan  Biles 
April  7,  1683  ;^  and  in  the  same  deed  conveyed  to  him  a 
way  over  grantor's  land  for  people  to  go  to  the  mill.  How 
much  longer  the  mill  existed  is  unknown  to  the  writer. 

The  house  upon  this  lot  probably  stood  for  many  years 
afterwards. 

Jonathan  Biles  Lot.  Ens.  John  Patch  of  Beverly, 
husbandman,  died  in  1694,  intestate.  This  lot  of  land 
"  on  the  hill  behind  the  now  dwelling  house  of  Jonathan 
Biles  "  was  a  part  of  his  estate.  In  the  division  of  his 
real  estate,  Nov.  11,  1695,  this  lot  of  rocky  land  was  as- 
signed to  his  son-in-law  Jonathan  Biles  in  right  of  his 
wife  Elizabeth ;  and  he  owned  it  in  1700. 

Estate  of  John  Patch  Lot.  This  lot  of  meadow  land 
was  called  "ye  old  house  meadow,"  and  belonged  to  John 
Patch,  sr.,  in  1683.  Ens.  John  Patch  died,  possessed  of 
it,  in  1694  ;  and  it  belonged  to  his  estate  in  1700. 

Richard  Patch  Lot.  Richard  Brackenbury  of  Beverly, 
for  four  pounds,  conveyed  this  lot  of  land  to  his  grand- 
son Richard  Patch  of  Beverly,  yeoman,  Feb.  14,  1683.2 
It  was  called  the  property  of  Richard  Patch  in  1677,  and 
he  had  probably  had  possession  of  it  before  that  date.  He 
probably  lived  upon  the  lot  in  1695 ;  and  it  belonged  to 
him  in  1700. 

Thomas  Woodbury  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  probably  be- 
longed to  Thomas  Woodbury  in  1700. 

Estate  of  Richard  Brackenbury  Lot.  This  lot  of  land 
belonged  to  the  estate  of  Richard  Brackenbury  in  1700. 

William  Cleaves  Lot.  John  Patch  of  Beverly  conveyed 
this  lot  of  land  to  Samuel  Knowlton  of  Ipswich,  husband- 
man, July  1,  1671;^  and  Mr.  Knowlton  conveyed  it  to 
George  Hull    of  Beverly,    cooper,    Nov.  27,  1679.*     Mr. 

•Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  7,  leaf  73. 
"Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  10,  leaf  14. 
^Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  9,  leaf  178. 
,*Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  7,  leaf  8. 


106  BEVERLY  IN   1700.   NO.   5 

Hull  conveyed  it  to  William  Cleaves  of  Beverly,  seaman, 
the  next  day  :^  and  Mr.  Cleaves  probably  owned  it  in 
1700. 

G-eorge  Hull  Lot.  John  Patch  of  Beverly  conveyed 
this  lot  of  land  to  Samuel  Knovvlton  of  Ipswich,  husband- 
man, July  1,  1671  ;2  and  Mr.  Knowlton  conveyed  it  to 
George  Hull  of  Beverly,  cooper,  Nov.  27, 1679.1  Mr.  Hull 
probably  owned  it  in  1700. 

John  Bennett  Lot.  John  Patch  of  Beverly,  yeoman, 
owned  this  lot  of  land  in  1671  :  and,  for  twenty  pounds, 
conveyed  it  to  John  Bennett  of  Beverly,  weaver,  Dec.  28, 
1677.3     Mr.  Bennett  apparently  owned  it  in  1700. 

John  Patch  Lot.  John  Patch  of  Beverly,  husbandman, 
owned  this  lot  in  1677.  He  died  in  1694;  and  it  ap- 
parently belonged  to  his  estate  in  1700. 

Richard  Patch  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  located  at  the 
place  called  "  the  old  houses,"  and  it  was  probably  the 
property  of  John  Patch  of  Beverly,  husbandman,  who 
died  in  1694.  In  the  division  of  his  estate,  Nov.  11, 1695, 
it  was  assigned  to  his  son  Richard  Patch  of  Beverly,  hus- 
bandman, who  owned  it  in  1700. 

Thomas  Patch  House.  That  part  of  this  tract  of  land 
lying  northerly  of  the  dashes  was  probably  granted 
by  the  town  of  Salem,  Nov.  18,  1661,  as  follows  : — 

Granted  to  Will  Mappor  foe  much  lande  as  the  Inhabitants  on 
Cape  Ann  fide  shalbe  Willinge  to  give  out  of  the  Comon  on  the  Eaft 
fide  of  Bafs  Riuer. 

"William  Mapes  conveyed  it  to  Daniel  Rumball  of  Salem, 
smith,  for  the  purpose  of  sale  by  him,  Sept.  20,  1662;* 
and  Mr.  Rumball  conveyed  it  to  Robert  Hibbert  Nov.  18, 
1664.1  Apparently  Mr.  Hibjbert  conveyed  it  to  Nicholas 
Patch  before  1671. 

That  part  of  the  lot  lying  southwesterly  of  the  dashes 
was  granted  by  the  town  of  Salem  to  Nicholas  Patch  July 
25,  1639. 

The  whole  lot  belonged  to  Mr.  Patch  at  the  time  of  his 
decease,  in  1673;  and  upon  the  division  of  his  real  estate, 

'Essex  Registry  of  De«ds,  book  7,  leaf  8. 
•Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  9,  leaf  178. 
'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  5,  leaf  72. 
*Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  2,  leaf  90. 


BY  SIDNEY  PERLEY  107 

Dec.  8,  1673,  between  his  sons  John  and  Thomas,  the 
latter  received  this  lot  as  his  portion.^  This  place  was 
then  called  "  the  old  houses,"  and  Thomas  Patch  then 
lived  here,  in  a  small  house.  He  died  Sept.  28,  1711 ;  and 
the  estate  descended  to  his  son  William  Patch.  William 
Patch  died,  suddenly,  Nov.  1,  1742  ;  and  the  premises 
descended  to  his  son  William  Patch.  The  son  William 
Patch  died,  of  small  pox,  in  November,  1773  (being 
buried  on  the  eleventh).  The  title  to  the  property  then 
descended  to  his  son  Robert  Patch,  who  died  Aug.  3,  1816. 
The  small  house  and  land  were  set  out,  in  the  division  of 
the  estate,  to  his  daughter  Molly,  wife  of  Nathaniel  Rob- 
erts. How  much  longer  the  house  stood  has  not  been  de- 
termined. 

G-eorge  Standley  Lot.  This  was  probably  the  tract  of 
land  granted  to  Ens.  William  Dixie  at  a  meeting  of  the 
selectmen  of  Salem  Dec.  17,  1649;  which  was  apparently 
not  laid  out  to  him  until  1658.  William  Dicksey  of  Bev- 
erly, for  forty  pounds,  conveyed  it  to  George  Stanly  of 
Beverly  Jan.  8,  1671;^    and  Mr.  Stanly  owned  it  in  1700. 

George  Hull  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  belonged  to  George 
Hull  in  1700.  He  probably  lived  here  early,  and  when 
he  conveyed  an  undivided  half  of  the  land  to  his  son-in- 
law  William  Grover  of  Beverly,  yeoman  alias  cordwainer, 
June  5,  1722,^  he  called  it  "  my  homestead  or  old  house- 
lot."  Mr.  Hull  conveyed  to  Mr.  Grover  the  other  half  of 
«  my  old  house  homestead  "  Feb.  26,  1728-9."*  The  house 
was  apparently  gone  before  1722. 

Samuel  Coming  Mouse.  Ens.  Samuel  Corning  owned 
this  farm  in  1678  ;  and  he  conveyed  the  house  and  barn 
and  twenty-four  acres  adjoining  to  his  son  Daniel  Corning 
of  Beverly,  husbandman  alias  weaver,  Feb.  3,  1709-10. 
How  much  longer  the  old  house  stood  is  unknown  to  the 
writer. 

Robert  Woodbury  Lot.  This  lot  of  meadow  land  be- 
longed to  William  Dodge,  sr.,  very   early,    and  to  Capt. 

'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  4,  leaf  48. 
'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  5,  leaf  95. 
'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  40,  leaf  167. 
*Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  54,  leaf  40. 
*Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  23,  leaf  233. 


108  BEVERLY   IN    1700.   NO.   5 

Thomas  Lathrop  in  1673.  Captain  Lathrop  was  slain  by 
the  Indians  at  Deerfield  Sept.  18,  1675  ;  and  his  only  heir 
was  his  sister  Ellon  (Eleanor),  wife  of  Ezekiel  Cheever, 
schoolmaster,  of  Boston.  Mr.  Cheever  conveyed  the  lot 
to  Thomas  Woodbury  of  Beverly,  mariner,  Oct.  28, 1681;^ 
and  Mr.  Woodbury  conveyed  it  to  his  brother  Isaac  Wood- 
bury, sr.,  of  Beverly,  mariner.  For  love,  Isaac  Woodbury 
conveyed  it  to  his  son  Robert  Woodbury  of  Beverly,  mar- 
iner, June  3,  1698  ^  and  Robert  Woodbury  owned  it  in 
1700. 

Isaac  Woodbury  and  Joshua  Woodbury  Lot.  This  lot  of 
meadow  land  was  conveyed  by  John  Patch  of  Beverly, 
husbandman,  for  eight  pounds,  to  Capt.  George  Corwin  of 
Salem,  merchant,  May  8,  1675  f  and,  for  seven  pounds 
and  ten  shillings,  Mr.  Corwin  conveyed  it  to  Isaac  Wood- 
bury of  Beverly,  yeoman,  June  7.  1683.^  Mr.  Woodberry, 
for  love,  conveyed  it  to  his  sons  Isaac  Woodberry  and 
Joshua  Woodberry,  both  of  Beverly,  June  3,  1698  ;*  and 
they  owned  it  in  1700. 

Nathaniel  Stone  House.  Nathaniel  Stone,  sr.,  of  Bev- 
erly, yeoman,  owned  this  lot  of  land  in  1675  and  1700. 
He  apparently  lived  here  in  the  western  house  in  1700. 
For  love,  he  conveyed  the  house,  barn  and  western  portion 
of  the  land  to  his  son  Daniel  Stone  of  Beverl}'^,  husband- 
man, April  20,  1708  ;^  and  Daniel  Stone  died  possessed 
of  it  Jan.  20,  1712-3,  at  the  aoje  of  thirty-four.  His 
daughter  Rebecca,  wife  of  Rev.  William  Balch  of  Brad- 
ford, conveyed  the  messuage  to  Ebenezer  Cleaves  of  Bev- 
erly, weaver,  April  3,  1731.^  How  much  longer  the  bouse 
stood  has  not  been  learned. 

Nathaniel  Stone's  son  Nathaniel  lived  in  a  house  which 
stood  on  the  eastern  portion  of  the  lot,  probably  from 
1690  ;  although  his  father  did  not  convey  the  land  to  him 
until  April  20,  1708.^  How  much  longer  the  house  stood 
is  unknown  to  the  writer. 

'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  6,  leaf  34. 
2Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  15,  leaf  68. 
•Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  6,  leaf  86. 
*Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  15,  leaf  66. 
*Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  20,  leaf  132. 
•Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  58,  leaf  76. 
''Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  26,  leaf  22. 


BY   SroNEY   PERLEY  109 

John  Stone  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  belonged  to  John 
Stone  in  1700.1 

Peter  Wooden  House  This  lot  of  land  and  the  house 
thereon  belonged  to  Peter  Wooden  in  1686  and  1698  ; 
and  to  Jonathan  Rayment  of  Beverly,  yeoman,  in  1705, 
when  there  were  a  dwelling  house  and  barn  upon  it.  For 
forty  pounds,  Mr.  Raymond  conveyed  the  house,  barn 
and  land  to  Benjamin  Dike  of  Beverly,  cooper,  Dec.  10, 
1705  ;2  and  Mr.  Dike  was  killed  by  the  Indians  at  Cape 
Sable  in  February,  1723.  In  the  appraisal  of  his  estate 
his  homestead,  consisting  of  two  acres  of  land  with  the 
"  old  Dwelling  house  and  barn "  were  valued  at  forty 
pounds.    The  house  probably  disappeared  soon  afterward. 

Philip  Moody  House.  This  lot  of  land  may  have  be- 
longed to  Lt.  John  Dodge  in  1686  ;  and  with  the  dwelling 
house  thereon  it  was  conveyed,  for  sixty-four  pounds,  by 
Thomas  Edwards  of  Ipswich,  yeoman,  to  Philip  Moody 
of  Beverly  Nov.  10,  1698.^  Mr.  Moody  lived  here.  His 
name  is  also  called  in  the  deeds    of  his    time  and  neigh- 

'There  were  several  lots  of  land  in  this  neigliborhood  that  were 
early  privately  owned,  but  whose  exact  location  has  not  been  de- 
termined. 

The  town  of  Salem,  at  a  meeting  of  the  selectmen,  Jan.  27,  1662, 
granted  to  Thomas  Pickton  of  Salem,  husbandman,  ten  acres  of 
land;  and  two  acres  of  land  were  added  to  it  by  the  town  of  Beverly 
Dec.  18,  1669.  For  ten  pounds,  Mr.  Pickton  of  Beverly  conveyed  it 
to  Charles  Kimball  of  Hull  March  19, 1674  (Essex  Registry  of  Deeds, 
book  4,  leaf  51);  and  Mr.  Kimball  owned  it  in  1679. 

Richard  Dodge,  sr.,  of  Wenham,  yeoman,  for  twenty-five  pounds, 
conveyed  ten  acres  of  upland  and  swamp  to  Joseph  Dodge  of  Bev- 
erly, yeoman,  March  8,  1693-4  (Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  10, 
leaf  87). 

Jonathan  Biles  of  Beverly,  carpenter,  conveyed  eight  acres  of 
land  to  Richard  Ober  of  Beverly,  seaman,  March  6,  1678-9;  and  Mr. 
Ober  exchanged  it  with  the  town  of  Beverly  Feb.  1,  1687-8  (Essex 
Registry  of  Deeds,  book  5,  leaf  53). 

A  small  lot  of  land  there  belonged  to  John  Galley  quite  early  and 
to  Joseph  Eaton  in  1693. 

The  town  of  Beverly  granted  eight  acres  of  land  to  John  Galley 
May  25,  1672;  and  he  died  possessed  of  it; and  his  son-in-law  William 
Hore,  sr.,  of  Beverly,  for  eighteen  pounds,  conveyed  it  to  Timothy 
Lindall  of  Salem,  merchant,  Sept.  22,  1686  (Essex  Registry  of  Deeds, 
book  7,  leaf  99). 

A.  lot  of  eight  acres  of  land  was  granted  and  laid  out  to  Robert 
Morgan  by  the  town  of  Beverly  May  25,  1672. 

'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  33,  leaf  245. 

'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  17,  leaf  112. 


110  BEVERLY  IN   1700.   NO.    5 

borhood  Gody,  Lagody,  Codie,  Lecodie  and  Nagode. 
Philip  Gody  of  Beverly,  weaver,  conveyed  the  dwelling 
house  and  land  to  Daniel  Buckman  of  Wenham,  cord- 
wainer,  March  15,  1722-3  ;i  and  the  latter  removed  to 
this  house,  and  lived  here.  He  conveyed  the  house  and 
land  to  Josiah  Woodbury  of  Beverly,  yeoman,  Jan.  15, 
1734-5.2  How  much  longer  the  house  stood  is  unknown 
to  the  writer. 

Thoma»  Edwards  Lot.  This  tract  of  land  may  have 
belonged  to  Lt.  John  Dodge  in  1686.  It  was  owned  by 
Thomas  Edwards  of  Ipswich,  yeoman,  in  1698  and  1700. 

'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  41,  leaf  219. 
*£ssex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  69,  leaf  33. 


THE  NATHAN  HOVEY  INCIDENT. 


I  Jeremiah  Brown  J"^  of  lawful  age  depose,  that  I  was 
a  foremast  hand  on  board  the  Brig*  Hannah,  commanded 
by  Charles -Goodridge  of  Newbuvyport  in  faid  county  in 
her  voyage  from  faid  Newbury  port  to  the  West  Indies, 
that  Nathan  Hovey  of  Beverly  in  s*^  county  was  our  mate, 
and  that  we  failed  from  Newburyport  on  faid  voyage  the 
twenty  fifth  day  of  November  eighteen  hundred  &  one — 
that  in  February  eighteen  hundred  &  two  when  we  were 
in  Hispaniola  at  a  place  called  the  great  salt  Plane,  I  faw 
faid  Hovey  lend  faid  Goodridge  eighty  two  dollars,  that 
I  heard  faid  Goodridge  fay  that  he  fold  three  barrels  of 
beef  for  faid  Hovey  at  ten  dollars  p""  Barrel,  that  I  heard 
faid  Goodridge  promise  to  pay  faid  Hovey  for  the  fame 
when  the  faid  voyage  fhould  be  ended,  &  I  heard  faid 
Hovey  confent  to  wait  till  then,  that  I  know  said  Hovey 
had  on  board  faid  Brig*  two  bags  of  cotton  &  two  bags  & 
part  of  a  bag  of  coffee,  That  the  captain  fent  faid  Hovey 
to  clear  out  the  vefsel  &  get  a  fum  of  money  due  the  faid 
Goodridge,  &  we  expected  he  would  not  be  abfent  more 
than  two  days  but  we  never  faw  or  heard  of  him  after- 
wards, and  fuppose  he  was  murdered,  that  I  then  took 
minutes  of  the  contents  of  this  Deposition  in  writing 
which  I  now  have  by  me.  That  after  faid  Hovey  had  pur- 
chased two  bags  of  cotton,  faid  Goodridge  wished  to  pur- 
chase one  of  them,  and  faid  Hovey  faid  he  might  have 
one  if  he  would  pay  for  it  when  we  got  home — That  the 
night  after  the  mate  had  left  us  in  the  morning,  the  Brig* 
ftruck  a  drift  while  the  whole  crew  were  af hore — That 
there  being  great  confusion  &  we,  being  in  great  fear, 
went  on  board  under  pretence  of  bringing  her  in,  &  then 
made  fail  &  came  off,  and  further  I  fay  not 

Jeremiah  Brown  j' 
Commonwealth    of    Mafsachufetts   Efsex    fs    January 
21^*  1804     Perfonally  appeared  before  us  the  subfcribers 

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112  THE   NATHAN   HOVEY  INCIDENT 

two  Justices  of  the  Peace  in  &  for  faid  county  of  Efsex, 
quorum  unus,  the  aforesaid  Deponant  &  after  being  care- 
fully examined  &  duly  cautioned  to  testify  the  whole  & 
nothing  but  the  truth,  made  Oath  that  the  foregoing  de- 
position by  him  fubfcribed  is  true — Taken  at  the  request 
of  Levi  Mills  of  Newburyport  in  faid  county,  goldsmith, 
administrator  on  the  Eftate  of  Nathan  Hovey  late  of  Bev- 
erley in  faid  County  mariner  fupposed  to  be  deceased,  to 
be  preserved  in  perpetual  remembrance  of  the  thing,  and 
we  duly  notified  all  perfons  living  within  twenty  miles  of 
this  place  of  Caption  we  knew  to  be  interested  in  the 
property  to  which  the  s*^  deposition  relates,  and  Edw. 
Good  ridge  brother  to  the  faid  Charles  Goodridge  did  at- 
tend 

Fees  $2. 

Nic^  Pike 
Edward  Little^ 

'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  173,  leaf  173. 


//^ 


steamboat  "KATAHDIN,"   built  in  1863 


Stpamboat  "STATE   OF  MAINE"  (first)  built  in  1848 


SOME  ACCOUNT   OF   STEAM    NAVIGATION   IN 
NEW  ENGLAND. 


BY    FRANCIS   B.    C.    BRADLEE. 


(^Qontinued  from  Volume  LV,  page  272. 'y 

To  meet  the  rapidly  increasing  travel  to  northeastern 
Maine,  the  Eastern,  and  Boston  and  Maine  Railroads  had 
built  by  Samuel  Sneeden  at  New  York,  in  1853,  the  fine 
new  side-wheel  steamer  "  Daniel  Webster,"  of  910  tons, 
240  feet  long,  34  feet  beam,  having  a  beam  engine  of  52 
inches,  11  feet  stroke.  She  plied  between  Portland, 
Penobscot  river  towns  and  Bangor,  making  three  trips  a 
week  ;  the  steamboat  train  to  connect  with  her  was  run 
alternately  by  the  Eastern  and  Boston  and  Maine  roads. 
Capt.  Samuel  Blanchard  was  her  commander,  and  Capts. 
Otis  Ingraham  and  William  R.  Roix,  afterwards  well 
known  on  the  Bangor  route,  were  respectively  chief  mate 
and  first  pilot. 

Until  the  advent  of  the  "  Katahdin "  in  1863,  the 
"  Daniel  Webster  "  was  not  exceeded  by  any  steamer  in 
Maine  waters  for  strength,  speed  and  passenger  accom- 
modations ;  she  had  forty-two  staterooms  and  over  200 
berths.  A  life-size  portrait  of  Daniel  Webster,  presented 
by  the  Boston  friends  of  the  statesman,  adorned  the 
saloon.  The  "  Daniel  Webster  "  was  taken  by  the  gov- 
ernment for  a  hospital  ship  during  the  Civil  war  ;  at  its 
close  she  was  bought  by  Spear,  Lang  and  Delano,  who 
operated  her  between  the  Kennebec  river  and  Boston,  and 
she  afterwards  was  sold  for  service  on  the  St.  Lawrence 
river  and  named  "  Saguenay." 

A  small  side-wheeler  of  about  400  tons,  the  "  Rock- 
land "  (first  of  the  name),  built  at  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  in 
1854,  connected  with  the  **  Webster  "  at  Rockland  for 
Machias  and  intermediate  landings.     She  made  her  first 

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114  STEAM   NAVIGATION   IN    NEW    ENGLAND 

trip  on  August  21,  1854,  commanded  by  Capt.  E.  S. 
Blaisdell ;  Francis  Cobb  of  Rockland  and  others  were  the 
owners.  During  the  Civil  war  the  "  Rockland,"  then  in 
charge  of  Capt.  Otis  Ingraham,  had  many  exciting  adven- 
tures as  a  transport  and  despatch-boat,  and  she  was  finally 
sunk  in  Charleston  harbor. 

In  the  early  fifties  two  small  propellers  ran  from  Bos- 
ton to  the  Penobscot  River  for  short  periods  :  the  "  East- 
ern State  "  in  1852  and  the  "  General  Knox  "  in  1855. 
The  former  was  of  wood,  strapped  with  iron ;  was  built  in 
1851,  by  Birely  and  Son  at  Philadelphia;  and  measured 
420  tons  gross  and  170  feet  long  on  deck.  As  her  pro- 
peller engine  was  among  the  very  early  ones,  a  detailed 
description  of  it  may  not  be  uninteresting.  It  was  direct 
acting  and  not  "  geared  down  "  to  the  shaft,  as  were  so 
many  of  the  first  screw  engines.  There  were  two  cylin- 
ders, each  30  inches  in  diameter,  26  inches  stroke  ;  steam 
was  worked  at  28  pounds  to  the  square  inch,  and  the 
four-bladed  propeller  8  feet  10  inches  in  diameter,  made 
60  revolutions  per  minute. 

The  early  screw  steamers  also  depended  a  great  deal  on 
their  sail  power  to  help  the  machinery,  and  the  "  Eastern 
State "  was  no  exception ;  she  was  rigged  as  a  three- 
masted  schooner,  carrying  four  fore-and-aft  sails  and  a 
very  large  square  sail.  In  later  years  this  steamer  was 
on  the  route  from  Boston  to  Nova  Scotia  ports. 

The  "  General  Knox "  was  140  feet  long,  24  feet 
beam,  with  a  vertical  engine  of  34  inches  by  36  inches. 
As  far  as  can  be  traced,  she  was  only  in  New  England 
waters  for  one  year  (1855),  and  it  is  thought  she  was 
then  sold  to  French  owners  for  use  during  the  Crimean 
war  then  raging.  A  small  stern-wheel  steamboat,  the 
'*  Phoenix,"  82  feet  long,  plied  on  the  Penobscot  river  for 
several  years,  beginning  in  1850. 

In  1854  the  new  steamboat  ♦'  Menemon  Sanford,"  of 
1000  tons,  237  feet  long,  was  built  by  John  Englis  in 
New  York  for  the  Sanford  line,  and  after  a  short  service 
between  New  York  and  Philadelphia,  took  her  place  on 
the  Bangor  line.  The  *'  Boston,"  her  predecessor,  had 
been  constructed  according  to  old-fashioned  ideas    as  re- 


BY  FRANCIS   B.    0.    BRADLBE  116 

gards  model,  lines,  etc.,  but  the  "Menemon  Sanford"  was 
on  the  other  hand  considered  the  extreme  of  the  new 
type. 

A  little  later  this  steamer  did  what  very  few  vessels 
have  been  able  to  do  nnd  live  to  tell  the  tale ;  she  ran 
ashore  on  Thatcher's  Island,  off  Cape  Ann,  early  on  the 
morning  of  July  5,  1856,  but  owing  to  the  summer 
weather  then  prevailing,  it  was  found  possible  to  get  her 
off,  but  not  until  some  twenty  feet  of  her  stem  from  the 
fore  foot  aft  had  been  chopped  away  to  release  her  from 
her  dangerous  situation.  The  cause  of  the  accident  is 
thought  to  have  been  the  fact  that  some  of  the  boat's 
officers  had  celebrated  the  Fourth  of  July  "  not  wisely 
but  too  well."  An  interesting  account  of  this  mishap  is 
reproduced  from  the  Salem  Gazette  of  July  8,  1856. 

"  The  steamer  '  Menemon  Sanford,'  which  left  Boston, 
12  o'clock,  last  Friday  night,  on  her  regular  trip  to  Ban- 
gor, ran  ashore  at  about  half-past  two  o'clock,  on  Thatch- 
er's Island,  off  Cape  Ann,  and  remained  there  at  the  last 
accounts,  all  efforts  to  get  her  off  having  proved  unsuc- 
cessful. The  disaster  is  attributed,  by  passengers  with 
whom  we  have  conversed,  to  criminal  misconduct.  A 
passenger  writes  to  us,  also  complaining  of  the  conduct 
of  the  officers  after  the  accident  happened.  '  Here  we 
were,'  he  says,  '  on  the  island,  in  great  confusion  and 
perplexity.  The  officers  ought  to  have  said,  gentlemen, 
we  cannot  proceed  with  you  pn  your  journey,  but  while 
you  remain  here  you  shall  be  welcome  to  your  meals. 
Instead  of  this,  however,  we  were  made  to  pay  for  our 
meals.  Besides,  the  clerk  refused  to  restore  our  passage 
money  to  us.  In  happy  contrast  to  such  selfishness  was 
the  conduct  of  Mr.  John  Parsons,  of  Rockport,  who 
waited  in  his  sailboat  four  hours,  to  render  the  passengers 
assistance,  if  they  needed  it ;  and  on  taking  some  of  us 
back  four  miles  to  Rockport,  refused  to  take  anything  of 
us,  saying  that  he  was  happy  to  be  able  to  help  men  in 
trouble.' " 

"  The  following  card  of  the  passengers  has  been  handed 
to  us  for  publication.  '  The  undersigned,  passengers  on 
board  of  the  Steamer  M.  Sanford,  on  the  night  of  July 


116  STEAM  NAVIGATION   IN    NEW   ENGLAND 

4th,  submit  to  the  public  the  following  statement  of  facts 
connected  with  the  wreck  of  that  steamer  :  The  boat 
left  Boston  on  the  night  of  July  4th,  about  12  o'clock. 
The  night  was  clear,  and  the  sea  remarkably  smooth.  At 
20  minutes  past  2  o'clock,  the  boat  struck  on  Thatcher's 
Island,  opposite  the  'southern  light,  and  about  four  rods 
from  it,  and  about  one-fourth  of  a  mile  south  of  the 
northern  light.  The  lights  were  shining  brightly,  and 
owing  to  the  remarkable  clearness  of  the  atmosphere,  the 
Island  itself  could  be  seen  at  the  distance  of  three  miles. 
The  question  then  comes,  what  was  the  cause  of  this 
disaster  ?  Why  was  this  boat  turned  from  its  course  and 
run  right  in  the  face  of  two  lights  against  the  very  base 
of  the  rock  upon  which  they  are  built  ?  We  believe  the 
cause  to  have  been  the  grossest  carelessness.  It  needed 
neither  great  sagacity  nor  experience  to  guide  the  boat 
safely  round  Thatcher's  Island  ;  only  an  o'pen  eye  and  a 
steady  hand.  Nor  do  we  believe  this  criminal  neglect  of 
duty  is  to  be  charged  upon  the  helmsman  alone,  nor  upon 
him  and  the  second  pilot,  but  also  upon  the  first  pilot, 
who  was  acting  as  captain  at  the  time,  for  trusting  the 
boat  to  the  care  of  such  men.  Nor  can  we  exculpate 
Capt.  Sanford,  the  owner  of  the  boat,  for  recklessly  ex- 
posing so  many  lives  by  putting  the  boat  in  the  hands  of 
such  incompetent  men. 

We  take  this  opportunity,  also,  of  expressing  publicly 
our  thanks  to  Mr.  James  C.  Parsons,  light-keeper,  and  his 
family,  for  the  cheerful  kindness  and  hospitality  which 
many  of  the  passengers  received  at  their  hands.'  " 

The  "  Menemon  Sanford  "  seems  to  have  been  an  un- 
lucky ship,  for  on  July  31,  1862,  she  again  ran  ashore  in 
a  thick  fog  on  the  Dry  Salvages  ledge,  near  Cape  Ann, 
and  not  far  from  the  scene  of  her  first  accident.  After  a 
good  deal  of  trouble  she  was  got  back  to  her  native  ele- 
ment, but  only  for  a  short  while,  for  on  the  following  No- 
vember she  was  chartered  by  the  government  at  8950  per 
day  to  take  troops  to  New  Orleans,  and  on  December  10, 
1862,  ran  ashore  on  Carysfort  reef,  off  the  Florida  capes 
(it  was  said  owing  to  the  treachery  of  the  pilot),  in  per- 
fectly still,  clear  weather,  and  became  a  total  loss.  There 
were  800  soldiers  on  board,  but  they  were  all  saved. 


BY   FRANCIS   B.   C.   BRADLEE  117 

The  "  Sanford's  "  vertical  beam  engine  of  50  inches, 
12  feet  stroke,  was  also  recovered  and  subsequently  placed 
in  the  steamer  "  George  Leary "  of  the  Baltimore  and 
Norfolk  line. 

At  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war,  in  1861,  the  man- 
agers of  the  Sanford  line,  with  their  customary  liberality, 
offered  to  convey  troops,  munitions,  and  the  authorized 
agents  of  the  Government  free  of  charge  between  Boston 
and  Bangor,  and  in  other  ways  the  line  contributed  to  the 
Northern  cause.  The  demands  of  the  Government  for  all 
kinds  of  steam  vessels  had  in  1862  drawn  away  nearly 
every  steamboat  from  the  coast  of  Maine. 

Not  until  May,  1863,  when  the  new  side-wheeler  "  Ka- 
tahdin  "  came  on  the  Sanford  line  was  the  regularity  of 
travel  in  a  measure  restored.  The  '•  Katahdin  "  was  in 
many  respects  one  of  the  most  remarkable  side-wheel 
steamers  ever  produced  in  the  United  States,  and  her 
fame  spread  far  and  wide.  She  was  built  by  John  Englis 
at  New  York,  measured  1234  tons  gross,  241  feet  long, 
34  feet  beam,  with  a  vertical  beam  engine  of  56  inches  by 
11  feet  stroke  ;  she  was  as  good  a  sea-boat  as  many  of 
the  screw  steamers,  and  probably  contended  with  more 
ice  than  any  boat  not  running  in  Arctic  seas. 

Although  once,  in  January,  1886,  she  had  a  narrow 
escape  from  disaster  by  being  caught  between  Portland 
and  Portsmouth  in  a  sudden  violent  southeast  storm,  yet 
she  never  lost  a  passenger  or  any  freight,  and,  in  short, 
such  was  her  luck  that  "  down  East  "  people,  especially 
sailor  men,  came  to  regard  her  as  bearing  a  charmed  ex- 
istence. With  the  exception  of  the  winter  of  1864,  when 
the  "  Katahdin  "  was  chartered  by  the  Fall  River  line, 
she  plied  continuously  to  Bangor  until  broken  up  for  the 
metal  in  her  hull  in  the  summer  of  1895. 

Very  soon  after  the  close  of  the  Civil  war,  New  Eng- 
land, particularly  the  northeastern  section  of  it,  began  to 
figure  prominently  as  the  country's  vacation  ground  and 
summer  resort.  A  land  boom  began  at  Bar  Harbor,  cot- 
tages and  hotels  were  erected,  and  the  result  was  a  tre- 
mendous increase  in  the  summer  passenger  business  on 
the   various   steamboat   lines.     The    "  Cambridge "    was 


118  STEAM   NAVIGATION   IN   NEW   ENGLAND 

added  to  the  Sanford  line  in  1867  ;  she  was  slightly  larger 
than  the  "  Katahdin  "  and  constructed  by  the  same  build- 
ers. In  some  respects  this  steamer  was  the  best  that  has 
ever  run  on  a  down  East  route  ;  she  was  of  better  design 
and  build,  and  infinitely  superior  in  furnishings  to  some 
of  the  modern  boats. 

Unfortunately,  however,  the  "  Cambridge  "  proved  to 
be  an  unlucky  ship  ;  shortly  after  leaving  Rockland,  bound 
west,  she  was  caught  in  the  memorable  gale  of  September 
8,  1869.  The  hurricane  (for  such  it  was)  burst  very 
suddenly,  and  while  laboring  in  the  heavy  sea  the  steam- 
pipe  between  the  boilers  and  the  engine  burst,  totally 
disabling  the  machinery.  Shortly  after  this  the  "  rigger 
head  "  of  the  rudder  became  broken  and  jammed  in  the 
starboard  block,  rendering  the  steering  gear  useless,  and 
the  "  Cambridga  "  became  a  helpless  wreck  on  a  lee  shore 
in  one  of  the  worst  storms  in  New  England  history.  There 
were  163  passengers  and  a  crew  of  83  on  board,  and  it 
was  a  terrible  night  for  all ;  the  steamer  was  in  imminent 
danger  of  going  ashore  on  Pemaquid  point,  in  which  case 
nearly  every  one  on  board  would  have  been  drowned. 

A  *'  sea-anchor,"  composed  of  three  large  hawsers  bent 
together,  was  put  out,  which  kept  the  "Cambridge"  head 
to  the  sea  until  both  her  anchors  were  let  go.  Luckily 
they  held,  and  in  the  morning  the  purser  (Tyler  Wasgatt) 
was  taken  off  by  a  passing  fishing  smack  and  went  ashore 
to  telegraph  for  assistance.  Before  this  could  reach  the 
disabled  craft,  however,  the  steamer  "  New  England  "  of 
the  International  line,  bound  to  St.  John,  came  along, 
took  the  "  Cambridge  "  in  tow,  and  brought  her  safely 
to  Rockland.  It  was  one  of  the  narrowest  escapes  from 
disaster  in  the  history  of  New  England  steam  boating. 
The  "  Cambridge  "  had  more  than  her  share  of  bad  luck, 
for  after  running  ashore  several  times,  she  finally  stranded 
owing  to  a  blunder  of  the  pilot,  on  Old  Man  ledge, 
George's  Island,  February  10,  1886,  broke  in  two,  and 
became  a  total  loss. 

In  1867,  also,  the  steamboat  "City  of  Richmond  "  be- 
gan to  run  on  the  "  inside  route  "  from  Portland  to  Ban- 
gor in  connection  with   the    railroad.     This  steamer  was 


BY  FRANCIS   B.   C.   BRADLEB  119 

originally  built  at  Athens,  N.  Y.,  in  1864,  and  measured 
940  tons  gross,  227  feet  long,  30  1-2  feet  beam,  10  feet 
depth  of  hold,  and  had  the  usual  vertical  beam  engine  ; 
she  was  commanded  by  the  well  known  Capt.  W.  E.  Den- 
nison,  Captains  Roix  and  Spear  were  the  pilots,  and  Ed- 
ward Gushing  (afterwards  manager  of  the  New  England 
and  Arcadia  Steamship  Co.)  was  purser. 

The  "  City  of  Richmond "  had  a  long  career  on  the 
Maine  Qoast,  plying  to  Bangor  until  1880,  when  she 
was  taken  off  and  ran  between  Portland  (and  afterwards 
Rockland),  Bar  Harbor  and  Machias,  until  the  Maine 
Central  Railroad  placed  their  new  steamer  "Frank  Jones" 
on  the  route,  and  the  "  City  of  Richmond "  was  then 
sold  for  use  on  the  Florida  coast,  and  was  there  called 
"  City  of  Key  West."  Eventually  she  found  her  way 
back  north  and  became  the  property  of  the  Joy  line,  who 
operated  her  on  Long  Island  Sound.  This  steamer  origi- 
nally had  her  forward  main  deck  open,  but  in  later  days 
it  was  closed  in.  She  is  now  in  use  as  a  house  boat  at 
Perth  Amboy,  New  Jersey. 

During  the  season  of  1867  there  was  an  opposition 
boat  between  Portland  and  Bangor,  the  side-wheeler 
"  Milton  Martin,"  whose  agents  were  Ross  and  Sturdi- 
vant,  Portland,  but  the  enterprise  lasted  but  a  short  time. 
About  this  time,  also,  the  Portland,  Bar  Harbor  and  Ma- 
chias Steamboat  Co.  was  formed,  of  which  Capt.  Charles 
Deering  was  the  moving  spirit.  They  bought  the  "Lew- 
iston"  from  the  Portland  Steam  Packet  Co.  and  ran  her 
as  above  for  many  years  ;  she  was  the  first  steamer  to 
make  regular  landings  at  Bar  Harbor,  and  in  fact  this 
route  was  the  only  way  to  reach  that  resort  in  those  days, 
for  the  Mount  Desert  branch  of  the  Maine  Central  Rail- 
road, with  steamer  connection  for  the  island,  was  not 
opened  until  1885.  There  was,  too,  a  short  lived  opposi- 
tion freight  line  between  Boston  and  Bangor  in  the  late 
sixties  and  early  seventies  ;  the  Penobscot  Valley  Steam- 
ship Co.  running  the  small  propellers  "William  Tibbetts" 
(afterwards  on  the  Salem-New  York  line)  and  the  "Alli- 
ance." 

In  the  seventies  the   Sanford   family,   who  owned  the' 
Sanford  Independent  Line,  became  involved   in   specula- 


120  STEAM  NAVIGATION   IN   NEW    ENGLAND 

tions  outside  the  stearaboBt  business,  and  in  1876  the 
control  of  the  Boston  and  Bangor  line  passed  from  them 
to  Richardson,  Hill  and  Co.,  the  Boston  bankers.  They 
incorporated  the  property  in  Massachusetts  in  1875,  as 
the  Sanford  Steamship  Co. ;  besides  the  "Katahdin"  and 
"Cambridge,"  it  included  valuable  wharf  property  at  the 
several  landings  on  the  Penobscot  river.  In  1882  the 
title  of  the  line  was  again  changed  by  act  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Legislature  to  Boston  and  Bangor  Steamship 
Co.,  and  its  officers  then  were  :  William  H.  Hill,  Presi- 
dent ;  William  H.  Hill,  Jr.,  Treasurer ;  James  Littlefield, 
Superintendent ;  Calvin  Austin,  General  Freight  Agent ; 
James  Hathorn,  Chief  Engineer. 

A  branch  line  from  Rockland  and  intermediate  landings 
to  Bar  Harbor  had  been  established  in  1879  by  the  com- 
pany, with  the  side-wheeler  "Mount  Desert,"  457  tons, 
162  feet  in  length,  built  in  the  same  year  at  Bath,  Me. 
This  proved  a  most  successful  venture,  and  in  1883  the 
company  had  constructed  at  Boston  a  small  propeller,  the 
"  Rockland "  (second  of  the  name),  to  run  on  another 
branch  line  from  Rockland  to  Blue  Hill  and  in  the  winter 
to  Bar  Harbor. 

In  1882  travel  on  the  main  line  had  increased  to  such 
an  extent  that  to  meet  it  they  had  the  wooden  side- 
wheeler  "  Penobscot "  (second  of  the  name)  built  by 
Smith  and  Townsend  at  East  Boston,  Mass.  She  was 
1414  tons  gross,  255  feet  long,  38  feet  beam,  and  had  a 
beam  engine  of  58  inches,  12  feet  stroke ;  the  "  Penob- 
scot "  was  not  thought  to  be  a  success,  and  her  construc- 
tion illustrated  the  old  adage  of  "  too  many  cooks  spoil 
the  broth." 

The  high  officials  of  the  Boston  and  Bangor  line  then 
knew  very  little  about  steam  vessels  practically,  and  the 
result  was  the  "  Penobscot  "  turned  out  a  slow,  clumsy, 
hard-steering  craft.  She  was  strongly  built,  but  so  wide 
as  to  weaken  her,  and  later  on  a  hog  frame  was  put  in 
below  deck ;  neither  was  she  considered  fit  for  winter 
work,  and  it  was  not  until  she  became  the  old  boat  of  the 
line  that  she  was  so  used.  With  the  "  Penobscot "  and 
the  other  two  boats,    the    Boston    and    Bangor  Co.  were 


1^ 


St.amboat  "MENEMON  SANFORD,"  built  in  1854 


Steamboat  "BANGOR,"  (second)  built  in  1844 
The  first  iron  screw  propelled  vessel  in  the  United  States 


BY  FRANCIS   B.   C.  BRADLBB  121 

enabled  for  the  first  time  to  run  six  trips  a  week  in  the 
summer. 

After  the  loss  of  the  "  Cambridge  "  the  "  Lewiston  " 
filled  her  place  on  the  Bangor  line  until  the  "  City  of 
Bangor  "  (second  of  the  name)  was  built  in  1894,  fol- 
lowed by  the  "  City  of  Rockland  "  in  1901.  Both  these 
steamers  are  wooden  side-wheelers,  built  by  James  McKie 
at  East  Boston,  Mass. ;  they  are  practically  sister  ships, 
1650  tons  gross,  277  feet  long,  with  the  familiar  beam 
engines.  In  order  to  enable  them  to  get  up  the  Penob- 
scot river,  they  are  light  draft  boats  and  not  very  heavily 
framed.  Both  have  been  in  serious  accidents,  collisions 
and  strandings,  and  have  had  to  be  considerably  rebuilt 
and  strengthened.  The  "City  of  Rockland"  especially  had 
a  very  narrow  escape  from  disaster  by  running  on  Gang- 
way ledge,  near  Rockland,  in  a  thick  fog  in  the  summer 
of  1904. 

The  Boston  and  Bangor  Steamship  Co.  in  1901  became 
part  of  the  Eastern  Steamship  Co.,  composed  of  a  consol- 
idation of  all  the  lines  running  from  Boston  east.  Its 
inception  was  due  to  the  efforts  of  Charles  W.  Morse. 
When  the  latter  became  involved  in  difficulties,  the  East- 
ern Steamship  Co.  was  carried  on  a  few  years  by  a  board 
of  directors,  of  whom  the  principal  one  was  Calvin 
Austin. 

In  December,  1911,  the  company  was  reorganized  un- 
der the  laws  of  Maine  as  the  Eastern  Steamship  Corpo- 
ration, with  a  capital  of  $6,150,000.  The  Eastern  Steam- 
ship Corporation  was  really  a  continuation  of  the  old 
company  and  a  holding  company  for  the  Metropolitan 
Steamship  Co.  running  a  line  of  freight  steamers  between 
Boston  and  New  York,  and  the  Maine  Steamship  Co.,  the 
Portland  and  New  York  line.  The  controlling  factor  in 
the  whole  situation,  however,  was  the  New  York,  New 
Haven  and  Hartford  Railroad  Co.  Calvin  Austin,  Henry 
R.  Mallory,  Hon.  John  F.  Hill,  Hon.  William  T.  Cobb, 
Charles  F.  Libbey,  William  H.  Hill,  Josiah  W.  Hayden, 
R.  F.  Pepper  and  Galen  L.  Stone  were  the  directors  of 
the  new  corporation,  and  they  authorized  an  issue  of 
$11,500,000  in  first  and  refunding  five  per  cent,  mortgage 
bonds. 


122  STEAM   NAVIGATION  IN    NEW  ENGLAND 

Besides  the  steamers,  the  property  included  valuable 
wharves  in  Boston  and  Portland.  After  an  unprofitable 
career  of  several  years,  the  Eastern  Steamship  Corpora- 
tion was  petitioned  into  bankruptcy  on  Oct.  30,  1914,  and 
the  courts  appointed  Calvin  Austin  receiver.  The  reason 
for  these  later  troubles  was  partly  owing  to  the  financial 
crash  of  the  New  Haven  Railroad  and  in  a  measure  be- 
cause of  the  hard  times  of  1913-14.  After  several  "high 
finance"  oryrations,  a  farcical  auction  sale  of  the  Eastern 
Steamship  Corporation  was  held  at  Bangor  Me.,  on  Janu- 
ary 3,  1917,  and  it  was  bid  in  for  $3,366,000  by  one  Jere 
A.  Downs,  representing  a  committee  of  bondholders  and 
stockholders. 

Another  "  reorganization  "  styling  itself  the  Eastern 
Steamship  Lines  Inc.,  with  Calvin  Austin  as  its  president, 
took  place  in  March,  1917.  The  new  corporation  was  also 
incorporated  in  Maine  with  $3,750,000  of  preferred  stock 
(par  value  $100)  and  $1,687,000  of  common  stock  (par 
value  $25)  ;  there  were  besides  $5,700,000  first  consoli- 
dated mortgage  income  bonds.  The  Boston  and  Yar- 
mouth Steamship  Co.  Ltd.  was  at  this  time  either  owned 
or  controlled  by  the  Eastern  Steamship  Lines. 

Soon  after  the  United  States  entered  the  war  against 
Germany,  in  1917,  the  company's  financial  prospects  were 
materially  improved  by  the  sale  of  the  following  steamers 
to  the  Government:  "Massachusetts,"  Boston  and  New 
York  passenger  service,  $1,350,000 ;  "Bunker  Hill,"  Bos- 
ton and  New  York  passenger  service,  $1,350,000 ;  **01d 
Colony,"  Portland  and  New  York  passenger  service, 
$1,150,000;  "Boston,"  Boston  and  Yarmouth  passenger 
service,  $110,000  ;  "  H.  M.  Whitney,"  Boston  and  New 
York  freight  service,  $380,000 ;  "James  H.  Whitney," 
Boston  and  New  York  freight  service,  $380,000.  The 
purchase  money  received  was  used  to  buy  and  retire  some 
of  the  corporation's  bonds.  At  about  the  same  time  that 
the  above  steamers  were  sold,  the  U.  S.  Shipping  Board 
took  over  as  training  ships  the  "  Calvin  Austin,"  "  Gov. 
Dingley,"  and  '*  Gov.  Cobb,"  practically  crippling  the 
service  of  the  Eastern  Steamship  Lines. 

In  the  meantime,  and   before    many    of  these  financial 


BY   FRANCIS   B.   C.   BRADLEE  123 

troubles  had  occurred,  the  old  wooden  side-wheelers  had, 
in  June,  1909,  been  superseded  on  the  Boston-Bangor 
line  by  the  advent  of  the  fine  steel,  turbine,  steamships 
"  Camden  "  and  "  Belfast,"  marking  another  epoch  in  the 
history  of  coastwise  steam  navigation.  These  new 
steamers  were  built  by  the  Bath  (Maine)  Iron  Works,  the 
♦♦Camden"  in  1907,  and  the  ♦♦  Belfast"  in  1909.  They 
are  handsomely  fitted  and  furnished,  and  very  fast,  so  that 
each  ship  can  make  three  round  trips  per  week,  some- 
thing never  before  attempted  on  the  Bangor  line.  They 
are  sister  boats  of  2153  tons  gross,  320  feet  long,  40  feet 
beam,  16  feet  depth  of  hold ;  their  high  speed  turbine 
engines  indicate  4000  horse-power  and  drive  triple  screws. 

The  "  Camden  "  was  on  the  Bangor  route  for  a  few 
months  in  1907,  but  was  withdrawn  temporarily  on  ac- 
count of  difficulty  in  handling  her  at  some  of  the  small 
landings,  and  ran  between  Boston  and  St.  John  in  1908. 
Another  new  steamer,  the  wooden  side- wheeler  "  J.  T. 
Morse,"  199  feet  long,  had  in  1904  replaced  the  old 
♦♦  Mount  Desert"  on  the  Rockland  and  Bar  Harbor  line. 

A  few  words  concerning  those  who  were  in  the  past 
prominently  connected  with  the  Bangor  boats  may  not  be 
out  of  place.  Capt.  Charles  B.  Sanford,  for  many  years 
the  ruling  spirit  of  the  Sanford  line,  was  one  of  the  most 
forceful  and  picturesque  characters  of  the  eastern  coast. 
He  was  born  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  and  had  his  first  ex- 
perience in  steamboating  on  a  boat  running  between  that 
port  and  New  York.  The  business  appealed  to  him  nat- 
urally, and  he  rose  rapidly  to  be  master  and  owner.  He 
was  absolute  master  of  everything  connected  with  his 
boats,  and  his  word  was  law  on  deck  or  in  the  office. 
Some  of  his  sayings  and  doings  are  remembered  to  this 
day,  although  he  retired  from  steamboating  in  1875. 

Several  brothers  Ingraham,  Captains  Otis,  Orris,  and 
Mark  L,,  were  for  a  long  time  pilots  and  commanders  of 
the  Bangor  boats,  a  route  hazardous  in  consequence  of  the 
continuous  fogs  in  summer  and  snowstorms  in  winter. 
The  Ingrahams  in  connection  with  New  England  steam- 
boat navigation  were  as  well  known  to  the  patrons  of 
these  steamers  since  the  Civil  war  as  the  Sanfords,  who 
established  the  line  before  it. 


124  STEAM  NAVIGATION   IN  NEW  ENGLAND 

Several  attempts  were  made,  always  unsuccessfully,  to 
establish  a  freight  line  between  Bangor  and  New  York. 
The  first  of  these  was  the  propeller  "  Kanawha,"  536 
tons,  built  at  Bath,  Maine,  in  1881 ;  she  ran  for  some 
years  until  she  was  sold  to  go  south  in  1895,  and  finally 
lost  in  1898.  After  her  came  the  "  Lucy  P.  Miller  "  and 
"  Tillie,"  both  small  propellers,  the  latter  in  such  poor 
condition  that  it  was  a  wonder  she  was  allowed  to  go  to 
sea.  Both  these  steamers  also  made  occasional  trips  to 
Eastport  in  the  interest  of  the  sardine  canning  factories. 

In  1898  the  Manhattan  Steamship  Co.  was  organized 
to  run  between  Bangor,  Penobscot  river  towns,  Rockland 
and  New  York.  H.  C.  Quimby  was  the  Bangor  agent 
and  N.  L.  Newcomb  the  general  manager  at  pier  1,  North 
river,  New  York.  They  bought  the  screw  steamer  **Pen- 
tagoet,"  of  332  tons,  128  1-2  feet  long,  built  of  wood  at 
Philadelphia  in  1864.  She  left  New  York  for  Bangor  on 
Friday,  Nov.  25,  1898,  commanded  by  Capt.  Orris  Ingra- 
ham  (twin  brother  to  Capt.  Otis  Ingraham),  with  a  crew 
composed  of  17  persons,  but  never  reached  her  destina- 
tion. The  "  Pentagoet  "  was  caught  in  the  same  terrific 
storm  which  caused  the  loss  of  the  "  Portland  "  ;  she  was 
reported  as  having  passed  Highland  light  at  about  2  P.  M. 
on  the  afternoon  of  the  26th,  a  few  hours  before  the  storm 
struck,  and  was  never  seen  again.  Her  fate  will  always 
remain  one  of  the  mysteries  of  the  deep. 

Originally  the  "  Pentagoet "  had  been  a  U.  S.  gunboat 
during  the  Civil  war  and  was  called  the  "  Moccasin  " ; 
about  1866  she  was  transferred  to  the  revenue  cutter  ser- 
vice, taken  to  Lake  Ontario  and  renamed  "  George  M. 
Bibb."  She  was  sold  out  of  the  service  in  1890  and 
brought  back  to  the  Atlantic  coast  as  a  merchant  steamer. 
Opinions  varied  as  to  her  condition  at  the  time  of  her 
loss  ;  a  revenue  cutter  officer  who  served  on  her  on  the 
Great  Lakes  was  quoted  as  saying  she  was  old  and  rotten; 
others  maintained  she  was  in  excellent  shape. 

The  well  known  Barbour  line  of  steamers  between 
Bangor  and  Bar  Harbor  was  founded  in  1875  by  Capt. 
Samuel  Barbour  of  Brewer,  Maine.  His  first  steamer 
was  the  propeller  "  Little  Buttercup,"  but  slightly  larger 


BY  FRANCIS  B.   C.   BRADLEE  125 

than  a  good  sized  steam  launch  ;  she  was  followed  by  the 
"May  Field,"  "Queen  City,"  "City  of  Bangor"  in 
1879  (she  was  afterwards  called  "  Citj'  of  Portsmouth," 
and  burnt  in  Salem  harbor  in  1894),  and  "  Cimbria,"  all 
propellers,"  each  about  100  feet  long. 

In  connection  with  the  selection  of  a  name  for  this  last 
steamer,  there  is  an  interesting  little  story.  One  morn- 
ing, the- year  before  the  craft  was  built  (1882),  Capt. 
Barbour  left  Bar  Harbor  in  the  "  Queen  City,"  and  soon 
after  he  picked  up  a  large  Russian  man-of-war  that  had 
come  on  the  coast  in  a  thick  fog  and  lost  its  bearings. 
Capt.  Barbour  gave  the  Russian  the  desired  information, 
for  which  he  was  extremely  grateful.  The  name  of  the 
Russian  vessel  was  the  "Cimbria,"  and  when  his  new  boat 
was  constructed  Capt.  Barbour  determined  to  name  her 
for  it. 

A  side-wheeler  of  200  tons,  120  feet  long,  built  in 
1854,  the  "Henry  Morrison,"  was  the  last  steamer  on 
the  Bangor- Bar  Harbor  line,  and  was  a  very  poor  sea 
boat,  as  the  author  can  testify  from  personal  experience. 
After  some  years  of  poor  business  due  to  railroad  and 
other  competition,  the  Barbour  line  was  finally  given  up 
in  1906.  Other  steamers  controlled  by  the  Barbours  and 
running  on  various  short  lines  on  the  Penobscot  river 
and  bay,  were  :  the  "  Treraont,"  "  Sedgwick,"  "  Silver 
Star  "  and  "  Golden  Rod,"  all  small  propellers  about  100 
feet  long. 

Mention  must  also  be  made  of  the  fleet  of  steamers 
owned  at  one  time  or  another  by  the  Maine  Central  Rail- 
road Co.  Among  the  first  of  these  were  the  "Sebenoa," 
built  at  Bath,  Maine,  in  1880,  and  the  "  Sappho,"  at  the 
same  place  in  1886.  They  were  small  wooden  propellers 
and  employed  as  long  distance  ferry  boats  between  Bar 
Harbor  and  the  terminus  of  the  Mount  Desert  branch 
railroad  at  Hancock  on  the  main  land.  The  "  Sappho  " 
will  be  especially  well  remembered  by  the  summer  resi- 
dents of  Bar  Harbor,  as  she  was  long  in  service :  she  was 
275  tons  gross,  149  1-2  feet  long,  28  1-2  feet  beam,  with 
a  triple  expansion  engine  (one  of  the  early  ones 
built  in  the  United  States)  indicating  600  horse  power. 


126  STEAM   NAVIGATION   IN    NEW   ENGLAND 

As  traffic  gradually  increased  other  steamers  were  add- 
ed, the  "  Sieur  des  Monts  "  and  the  "Norurabega"  in 
1902,  of  much  the  same  type  as  the  "  Sappho,"  and  the 
route  was  extended  to  Seal  Harbor  and  Northeast  Harbor 
on  Mount  Desert  island.  In  1911  and  1913  the  Maine 
Central  Railroad  added  to  its  fleet  two  very  fine  steel 
twin  screw  propellers  to  take  the  place  of  the  older  boats. 
They  were  named  the  "Moosehead"  and  "Rangeley," 
were  built  by  the  Bath  Iron  Works  at  Bath,  Maine,  and 
are  practically  sister  ships ;  each  measures  652  tons  gross, 
185  feet  long,  35  1-2  feet  beam,  13  1-2  feet  deptli  of  hold, 
the  machinery  consists  of  two  sets  (for  each  ship)  of  four 
cylinder  triple  expansion  engines,  indicating  1200  horse- 
power and  permitting  the  steamer  to  keep  up  a  speed  of 
19  knots  per  hour.  The  dimensions  of  the  cylinders  are 
16,  26,  and  two  of  30  inches  in  diameter,  24  inches  stroke. 
These  steamers  are  intended  only  for  passenger  traffic  and 
light  freight,  and  their  accommodations,  including  dining 
room  service,  are  very  fine. 

When  the  "City  of  Richmond"  became  worn  out  in 
the  Rockland-Bar  Harbor  and  Machias  service,  her  place 
was  taken  by  the  wooden  side-wheeler  "Frank  Jones," 
also  owned  by  the  Maine  Central  Railroad  Co.  and  built 
expressly  for  the  line  by  the  New  England  Shipbuilding 
Co.  at  Bath,  Maine.  She  was  1634  tons  gross,  253  feet 
long,  36  feet  beam,  and  being  intended  for  a  night  route 
was  fitted  with  over  100  state  rooms  ;  instead  of  the  usual 
"walking  beam"  engine  and  large  vertical  paddle  wheels, 
the  "Frank  Jones"  was  fitted  with  an  inclined  compound 
engine  which  propelled  feathering  wheels.  This  steamer 
was  thought,  however,  to  be  anything  but  a  success,  and 
after  some  years  of  service  was  sold  for  use  on  the  Hud- 
son river,  and  was  still  running  there  up  to  within  a  short 
time.  Her  place  was  partially  filled  for  some  years  by 
the  steel  propeller  "Pemaquid,"  ex  "Long  Island,"  built 
at  Philadelphia  in  1893,  409  tons  gross,  132  feet  long, 
but  the  route  was  changed  to  a  day  one  from  Rockland, 
Bar  Harbor  and  various  other  Mount  Desert  island  land- 
ings ending  at  Mount  Desert  Ferry  or  Hancock. 

lu  1888  the  Plant  Railroad  and  Steamship  Co.  of  Flor- 


BY  FBANCIS   B.   C.   BRADLEE  '  127 

ida  endeavored  to  find  summer  work  for  its  fine  steel  screw 
steamer  "  Olivette  "  (which  in  the  winter  plied  between 
Port  Tampa,  Key  West,  Fla.,  and  Havana)  by  sending 
her  to  Boston  in  June  of  that  year  to  open  a  new  and 
direct  line  from  that  place  to  Bar  Harbor.  The  "Olivette," 
built  by  William  Cramp  and  Co.  at  Philadelphia,  was 
launched  on  Feb.  16,  1887.  She  was  in  reality  a  small 
ocean  st-eamer,  and  a  far  better  sea  boat  than  anything 
then  or  since  running  to  the  coast  of  Maine.  Richardson 
and  Barnard,  20  Atlantic  avenue,  were  the  Boston  agents, 
and  Albert  Bee  acted  in  the  same  capacity  in  Bar  Harbor. 

Her  schedule  was  as  follows :  From  Boston  every 
Tuesday,  Thursday  and  Saturday,  at  6  P.  M.,  arriving  at 
Bar  Harbor  the  next  morning  at  7,  with  the  regularity  of 
clockwork.  Returning,  the  "Olivette"  left  Bar  Harbor 
on  Mondays,  Wednesdays  and  Fridays,  at  6  P.  M.,  due  in 
Boston  at  7  the  next  morning.  To  keep  up  this  time- 
table meant  a  speed  of  nearly  18  knots  an  hour,  fog  or  no 
fog,  but  this  she  did,  and  with  only  one  accident,  when, 
in  1888,  in  a  fog,  she  ran  into  the  schooner  "  Edward  H. 
Blake,"  loaded  with  ice  and  lumber,  cut  her  in  two  and 
sank  her,  and  with  not  the  slightest  injury  to  herself. 
Capt.  James  McKay  (now  superintendent  of  the  U.  S. 
Transport  service  at  Jacksonville,  Fla.),  who  commanded 
the  "Olivette"  during  all  the  years  she  ran  to  Bar  Har- 
bor, considers  it  one  of  the  most  wonderful  accidents  he 
ever  heard  of,  for  at  the  time  of  the  collision  the  schooner 
was  only  17  days  old. 

As  the  "Olivette"  was  luxuriously  fitted  up  with  every 
modem  convenience,  she  naturally  enjoyed  the  cream  of 
the  passenger  and  express  traffic  ;  she  remained  on  the 
line  up  to  1891  inclusive,  and  was  fought  off  by  the  per- 
sistent hostility  of  the  Maine  Central  Railroad.  In  1892 
she  was  placed  by  her  owners  on  the  Boston-Halifax, 
N.  S.,  route,  running  (in  the  summer)  for  many  years  in 
connection  with  other  steamers.  The  "Olivette"  was  to- 
tally lost  on  the  north  coast  of  Cuba  in  January,  1918. 

Other  lines  along  the  coast  of  Maine  which  existed  but 
a  short  time  were  the  Calais  Steamship  Co.,  which  oper- 
ated the  propeller  "Norwich"    from   Boston  to  Eastport 


128  STEAM  NAVIGATION   IN    NEW  ENGLAND 

and  Calais  in  1872.  This  steamer  had  the  previous  year 
run  between  Salem  and  New  York. 

In  the  summer  of  1887,  also,  Capt.  Charles  Deering 
organized  the  Boston  and  Maine  Steamship  Co.  to  run 
between  Boston,  Castine,  Bar  Harbor,  Southwest  Harbor 
and  Machiasport.  The  "Forest  City"  and  "John  Brooks," 
side-wheelers,  formerly  on  the  Boston-Portland  service, 
were  the  steamers  employed,  but  only  a  few  trips  were 
made,  and  the  enterprise  was  totally  unsuccessful. 

About  1908  the  Maine  Coast  Steamship  Co.,  a  purely 
freight  line,  was  organized  as  a  competitor  to  the  Eastern 
Steamship  Co.  Its  fleet  consisted  of  two  small  wooden 
propellers  formerly  in  use  on  the  Great  Lakes  ;  the  "Mas- 
sasoit,"  of  364  tons,  built  in  1891,  and  the  "Mohawk," 
of  535  tons,  built  in  1890.  Their  route  was,  generally, 
from  Boston  to  Machias  and  Eastport,  and  after  a  few 
years  of  moderate  success,  both  steamers  needing  repairs, 
were  laid  up.  During  the  war,  however,  owing  to  the 
great  demand  for  ships  and  the  curtailment  of  the  service 
of  the  Eastern  Steamship  Co.,  the  "  Massasoit "  and  the 
"  Mohawk  "  were  repaired  and  again  placed  in  service  by 
the  Maine  Coast  Co.  in  1918. 

Although  many  of  the  early  coast  of  Maine  steamers 
previously  mentioned  may  have,  and  probably  did,  make 
sporadic  trips  to  St.  John,  N.  B.,  and  ports  in  southern 
Nova  Scotia,  the  first  regular  service  of  which  there  is 
any  knowledge  was  in  1836,  when  the  wooden  side- 
wheeler  "  Royal  Tar  "  (named  for  King  William  IV  of 
Great  Britain)  was  built  at  St.  John,  N.  B.,  to  run  regu- 
larly between  that  place  and  Portland,  Maine,  where  she 
connected  with  the  Boston  steamei-s.  The  "  Royal  Tar  " 
was  164  feet  long,  24  feet  beam,  and  measured  400  tons ; 
she  cost  $50,000  to  build,  and  was  owned  by  John  Ham- 
mond and  D.  J.  McLaughlin  of  St.  John ;  she  made  her 
first  trip  to  Portland  in  May,  1836;  with  over  200  pas- 
sengers. 

A  few  months  later  this  steamer  was  lost  under  such 
tragic  but  curious  circumstances  as  to  render  the  disaster 
long  memorable  in  the  annals  of  New  England  steamboat- 
ing.  On  Friday,  Oct.  21,  1836,  the  "Royal  Tar"  left 
St.  John   for  Eastport  and  Portland,    having  on  board  a 


It 


St.amer  "PENTAGOET" 
Lo»t  with  all  hand$  in  th«  famous  storm  of  November,  I  898 
Formerly  the  U.   S.  Revenue  Cutter  "Bibb,"  built  in  1864 


Burning  of  the  Steamboat  "  Royal  Tar,"  in  October,  I  836 


BY    FKANCIS   B.   C.   BRADLEE  129 

crew  of  21  persons  and  72  passengers.  She  also  carried 
Burgess'  collection  of  serpents  and  birds,  Dexter's  loco- 
motive museum  and  a  brass  band.  Among  the  animals 
on  board  were  an  elephant,  six  horses,  two  dromedaries, 
two  lionesses,  one  royal  Bengal  tiger,  one  gnu,  and  a  pair 
of  pelicans.  As  a  result  of  a  high  northwest  wind,  the 
"  Royal  Tar  "  remained  at  anchor  at  Eastport  until  Tues- 
day, the  25th,  when  at  2  P.  M.  she  got  under  way  and 
resumed'her  voyage.  She  had  not  much  more  than  got 
outside  when  the  gale  increased  in  violence  and  she  ran  in 
for  shelter  near  Fox  island. 

The  story  of  her  loss  was  told  by  Capt.  Thomas  Reed, 
her  commander,  in  these  words :  *•  The  steam  being 
down  after  we  had  been  at  anchor  about  half  an  hour,  the 
boat  was  discovered  to  be  on  fire  immediately  over  the 
boiler,  under  the  deck.  The  cable  was  slipped  instantly 
and  the  fire  engine  set  to  work,  but  in  five  minutes  the 
men  could  not  stand  at  the  pump,  which  was  below,  the 
smoke  nearly  suffocating  them.  At  this  awful  juncture 
there  was  a  rush  for  the  boats,  there  being  only  two. 
Sixteen  of  the  passengers  and  crew  took  the  largest  boat 
and  went  away  before  the  wind,  which  blew  so  hard  they 
were  afraid  to  bring  her  to.  I  got  possession  of  the  jolly 
boat,  with  two  men,  and  picked  up  another  man  belonging 
to  the  caravan  who  had  jumped  overboard." 

"  In  about  half  an  hour  we  saw  a  schooner  coming  to 
us,  which  proved  to  be  the  United  States  revenue  cutter 
*  Veto,'  Capt.  Dyer,  who  rendered  us  every  assistance  in 
his  power.  He  ran  the  cutter  close  to  the  burning  steam- 
er, then  in  a  sheet  of  flames,  and  succeeded  in  taking  out 
forty  passengers,  who  must  have  perished  had  not  the 
cutter  come  to  our  assistance." 

One  of  the  passengers,  Hinson  Patten  by  name,  gave  an 
account  of  the  affair  which  explains  the  conduct  of  Capt. 
Reed  in  taking  the  one  remaining  boat.  He  says  :  "Capt. 
Reed  took  charge  of  the  stern  boat,  with  two  men,  and 
kept  her  off  the  steamboat,  which  was  a  very  fortunate 
circumstance,  as  it  was  the  means  of  saving  from  forty 
to  fifty  persons,  and  to  him  all  credit  is  due  for  his  delib- 
erate and  manly  perseverance  throughout  the  whole 
calamity."     Another  account  mentions  that   the  elephant 


130  STEAM   NAVIGATION   IN    NEW   ENGLAND 

jumped  overboard,  crashing  down  upon  a  raft  that  was 
being  hurriedly  constructed,  thus  destroying  the  raft  and 
losing  the  lives  of  several  passengers.  The  horses  also 
leaped  overboard,  and  it  was  said  that  the  elephant  and  a 
pony  succeeded  in  swimming  ashore.  That  statement  was 
contradicted  by  an  item  in  a  St.  John  newspaper,  which 
stated  that  every  animal  belonging  to  the  menagerie  was 
doubtless  lost.  The  elephant  was  seen  a  few  days  ago 
floating  near  Brimstone  island.  Other  accounts  state  that 
when  the  horses  jumped  overboard  in  their  wild  panic, 
instead  of  making  for  the  shore,  they  swam  round  and 
round  the  burning  steamboat  until  they  became  exhausted 
and  were  drowned. 

Twenty-nine  passengers  and  eight  of  the  crew  of  the 
"  Royal  Tar "  perished  in  this  dreadful  disaster,  and  the 
money  loss  was  estimated  at  not  less  than  $126,000.  Capt. 
Reed  was  presented  with  a  purse  of  $750  in  gold  for  his 
gallantry  in  saving  so  many  of  his  passengers ;  at  a  later 
date  he  was  made  harbor  master  of  St.  John,  a  post  he 
filled  acceptably  for  many  years. 

A  steamer  named  the  "  Gazelle  "  took  the  place  of  the 
**  Royal  Tar,"  and  she  also  was  wrecked  by  running  ashore 
near  St.  John  in  June,  1838;  there  was,  luckily,  no  loss 
of  life.  In  1839  the  steamboat  " North  America,"  evi- 
dently superior  in  size  and  build  to  the  foregoing  vessels, 
was  built  and  placed  on  the  line  between  St.  John  and 
Boston.  She  made  one  trip  in  the  autumn  of  that  year, 
and  on  March  25,  1840,  the  Boston  Advertiser  announced 
her  as  follows : — 

"  British  steamship  *  North  America, '  between  Boston, 
St.  John,  N.  B.,  via  Eastport  and  to  Windsor,  N.  S., 
where  stages  run  to  Halifax  in  a  few  hours.  This  new 
and  elegant  steamer,  with  low  pressure  engines  made  by 
the  first  manufacturers  in  Great  Britain,  having  superior 
accommodations,  will  commence  running  between  the 
above  places  in  April  next,  leaving  St.  John  on  the  15th 
and  Boston  on  the  18th,  on  her  first  trip  of  the  season.  .  . . 
This  boat  will  be  provided  with  every  facility  for  the 
prevention  of  fires,  with  force  pumps,  suction  hose,  extra 
boats,  etc.,  and  her  engines  and  boilers  are  so  constructed 
as  to  make  it  next  to  impossible  to  take  fire.     She  will  be 


BY  FBANCIS   B.   0.  BRADLBE  131 

a  most  desirable  conveyance  between  the  British  Prov- 
inces and  the  United  States.  Fares:  to  St.  John,  $12 and 
found ;  to  Eastport,  $10  and  found.  Letters  at  12  1-2 
cents  each.     L.  Crackbon,  agent,  6  T  wharf,  Boston.'" 

The  same  paper  for  April  18,  1840,  has  the  following 
notice  of  the  arrival  of  the  "  North  America  "  on  the 
first  trip  of  the  season  : 

"  The  British  steamer  '  North  America,'  which  made 
one  trip  from  St.  John,  N.  B.,  to  this  city  last  autumn, 
arrived  here  yesterday  in  36  hours,  bringing  21  passen- 
gers." 

Unfortunately  no  information  can  now  be  found  regard- 
ing the  dimensions  of  the  "  North  America,"  names  of 
her  builders,  etc.,  but  undoubtedly  she  was  a  wooden 
paddle-wheel  steamer. 

She  seems  to  have  met  with  considerable  success,  as 
she  plied  regularly  for  some  years  between  Boston  and 
the  British  Provinces,  during  the  last  part  of  her  career 
to  Nova  Scotia,  as  is  evidenced  by  the  Boston  Advertiser 
of  August  28,  1843  : 

"  British  steamer  '  North  America,'  Chisholm,  for  Yar- 
mouth, N.  S.,  fare  $8 ;  Lunenburg,  fare  ^12  ;  and  to  Hal- 
ifax, fare  $12  ;  meals  extra.  Charles  R.  Gibbons,  agent, 
75  Long  Wharf,  Boston." 

The  Eastern  Railroad  soon  began  to  compete  for  the 
passenger  traffic  to  and  from  the  British  Provinces  with 
the  steamers  under  their  control.  The  Boston  Advertiser 
for  September  22,  1842,  contains  the  following  advertise- 
ment: 

*'  People's  Line,  steamer  *  Huntress,'  Jewett,  from 
Portsmouth,  N.  H.  (then  the  terminus  of  the  railroad), 
running  in  connection  with  the  Eastern  Railroad,  for 
Eastport,  fare  $6  ;  Calais,  fare  $6.50 ;  St.  John,  fare 
$8.00  ;  meals  extra.  Persons  wishing  to  send  for  their 
friends  in  St.  John  can  do  so.  E.  Wright,  Jr.,  agent,  11 
T  wharf,  Boston." 

In  1847  the  Eastport  Eastern  Steamboat  Co.  was  or- 
ganized with  a  capital  of  $100,000  ;  J.  W.  Bass  of  East- 
port  was  president  and  J.  P.  Wheeler  of  Boston  secretary 
and  treasurer.  They  either  had  built,  or  bought,  the 
wooden   side-wheeler  "  Admiral ";  she    was   constructed 


132  STEAM  NAVIGATION  IN    NEW  ENGLAND 

in  1847  by  Lawrence  and  Son  of  New  York,  measured 
650  tons  gross,  224  feet  long,  28  feet  beam,  and  had  a 
vertical  beam  engine  of  48  inches,  11  feet  stroke.  She 
was  a  well  fitted  and  successful  boat  and  ran  for  many- 
years,  making  one  round  trip  weekly  between  Boston  and 
St.  John,  calling  at  Eastport  both  ways. 

Originally  the  "  Admiral  "  was  painted  black  and  had 
but  one  mast,  but  after  running  ashore  near  Eastport  in 
1854,  she  was  practically  rebuilt  and  made  her  appearance 
painted  white  and  with  two  masts.  The  steamers  "Com- 
modore "  (about  the  same  size  as  the  "  Admiral  ")  and 
later  the  "  Governor "  (previously  mentioned)  plied 
between  Portland,  Eastport  and  St.  John  in  connection 
with  the  Eastern  Railroad. 

During  the  late  forties  and  early  fifties  two  British 
steamers,  the  "Maid  of  Erin  "  and  the  " Fairy  Queen, " 
were  well  known  in  the  eastern  trade ;  the  former  between 
St.  John  and  Portland,  and  the  latter  operated  from  East- 
port  across  the  bay  of  Fundy  to  Windsor,  N.  S.,  and  from 
there  to  Halifax. 

The  Calais  Steamboat  Co.  was  formed  in  1851,  and 
placed  the  steamers  "Eastern  City"  and  "Adelaide"  on 
the  route  from  Boston  to  St.  John,  calling  at  Portland  and 
Eastport.  Both  steamers  were  wooden  side-wheelers, 
built  at  New  York  expressly  for  the  line ;  the  "  Eastern 
City  "  in  1852  and  the  "  Adelaide  "  in  1854.  The  for- 
mer's tonnage  was  707,  length  226  feet,  beam  30  feet, 
depth  of  hold  10  feet ;  the  machinery  consisted  of  the 
usual  vertical  beam  engine,  having  a  44  inch  cylinder,  11 
feet  stroke  ;  the  latter  steamer  was  slightly  larger  in  size 
of  hull  and  machinery,  but  neither  boat  had  much  power 
considering  their  exposed  route  and  the  heavy  weather 
they  occasionally  encountered. 

During  the  Civil  war  the  "  Eastern  City "  became  a 
government  transport  and  was  called  the  "  Cossack ;" 
when  peace  came  she  resumed  her  former  name  and  was 
run  for  some  time  between  Boston  and  Bath,  Maine,  and 
afterwards  sold  for  service  on  the  St.  Lawrence  river.  It 
must  be  taken  into  consideration  that  at  this  period  nearly 
the  whole  passenger  and  freight  traffic  from  Boston  to  the 
British  Provinces  and  northeastern  Maine  was  transported 


BY  FRANCIS   B.   C.   BRADLEK  133 

by  water,  as  there  were  but  few  railroads  beyond  Augusta 
or  Bath,  and  direct  rail  communication  between  Boston 
and  Bangor  was  not  had  until  1857. 

In  1860  the  International  Steamship  Co.  was  incorpo- 
rated in  Maine  with  a  range  of  capital  of  from  one  hun- 
dred thousand  to  one  miUion  dollars,  and  the  privilege  of 
steam  navigation  to  Europe  and  any  ports  in  America. 
The  special  object,  however,  was  to  extend  the  existing 
accommodations  of  traffic  between  Boston,  Portland,  and 
the  Provinces  of  New  Brunswick  and  Nova  Scotia,  which 
had  before  been  opened.  This  company  came  under  the 
management  of  some  of  the  principal  owners  of  the  Boston 
line,  or  Portland  Steam  Packet  Co.  T.  C.  Hersey  was 
the  president,  H.  J.  Libby  the  treasurer,  and  Capt.  John 
B.  Coyle  the  general  agent.  S.  E.  Spring,  William  Kim- 
ball, Capt.  Coyle  of  Portland,  and  A.  McSeeley  of  St. 
John  were  the  directors. 

The  International  line  took  over  from  their  former 
owners  the  "  Admiral "  and  the  "  Eastern  City,"  and 
afterwards  had  built  at  New  York  the  "New  Brunswick" 
in  1860  and  the  "New  England  "  in  1861,  wooden  side- 
awheel  steamers  of  950  tons  each,  240  feet  long,  and  with 
the  usual  vertical  beam  machinery  ;  they  had  excellent 
accommodations  for  passengers  and  freight  and  fair  qual- 
ities of  strength  and  speed.  Both  these  steamboats  re- 
mained in  service  for  many  years  ;  the  "  New  England," 
while  on  her  way  from  St.  John  to  Boston,  struck  on  the 
*'  Wolves  "  ledge,  near  Eastport,  in  a  dense  fog,  on  July 
22,  1872;  passengers  and  freight  were  safely  landed,  and 
the  steamer  herself,  which  had  partly  filled,  was  raised 
and  rebuilt  as  the  "  City  of  Portland."  In  May,  1884, 
she  again  ran  ashore  on  "  Gangway  "  ledge,  near  Rock- 
land, and  became  a  total  loss.  The  "  New  Brunswick  " 
ended  her  days  as  an  excursion  steamer  around  Boston. 

In  1861  or  62  the  steamer  "New  York  "  was  added  to 
the  International  line  ;  she  had  been  built  at  Clayton,  on 
Lake  Ontario,  New  York,  in  1852,  but  as  the  extension 
of  railroads  rendered  her  unprofitable  on  the  Great  Lakes, 
she  was  brought  to  the  Atlantic  coast  by  Captain  Win- 
chester, who  commanded  her  for  several  years.  The 
*f  New  York  "  was  of  about  the   same  size  as  the  other 


184  STEAM   NAVIGATION   IN    NEW  ENGLAND 

boats,  1110  tons  and  235  feet  long,  but  had  far  greater 
power,  a  vertical  beam  engine  of  60  inches,  12  feet 
stroke,  which  made  her  one  of  the  fastest  "  down  East " 
boats  of  her  day.  During  the  Civil  war  she  was  for  sev- 
eral years  used  by  the  Government  as  the  flag  of  truce 
boat,  for  the  exchange  of  prisoners  on  the  James  river. 
She  remained  in  the  service  of  the  International  line  until 
about  1886,  then  became  an  excursion  steamer,  and  finally 
burnt  at  her  wharf. 

The  same  interests  that  controlled  the  International 
Steamship  Co.  started  in  1867  a  line  between  Portland, 
Halifax  and  St.  Johns,  N.  F.  For  several  years  the  ser- 
vice was  kept  by  two  small  propellers  of  about  550  tons 
each,  the  "Carlotta"  and  the  "Chase";  the  former 
was  an  iron,  the  latter  a  wooden  vessel.  In  1872,  how- 
ever, the  line  was  reorganized  and  incorporated  as  the 
New  England  and  Nova  Scotia  Steamship  Co.,  and  the 
call  at  St  Johns  given  up.  They  had  built  at  New  York 
a  large  wooden  side-wheeler,  the  "  Falmouth,"  of  1156 
tons,  240  feet  long,  having  a  vertical  beam  engine  of  54 
inches,  11  feet  stroke.  The  "Falmouth,"  especially  de- 
signed for  open  sea  service,  was  very  strongly  put  to- 
gether, with  narrow  guards,  etc.  Commanded  by  Captain 
Colby,  she  was  known  several  times  to  have  put  to  sea 
from  Halifax  when  transatlantic  liners  deemed  it  prudent 
to  remain  in  port. 

In  the  early  eighties  the  Halifax  service  was  given  up, 
and  the  "Falmouth"  joined  the  International  fleet ;  while 
lying  at  her  wharf  at  Portland  undergoing  repairs,  she 
caught  fire  and  was  totally  destroyed,  April  29,  1884. 
The  International  line  in  1882  brought  out  the  highly 
successful  steamer  "State  of  Maine,"  built  by  the  New 
England  Shipbuilding  Co.  of  Bath,  Maine ;  she  was  a 
vessel  of  1409  tons,  241  feet  long,  37  feet  beam,  with  a 
vertical  beam  engine  indicating  1200  horse  power.  Like 
the  "Falmouth,"  the  "State  of  Maine"  was  built  for 
hard  service,  and  her  frames  were  close  together  like 
those  of  a  ship. 

Another  slightly  larger  boat,  but  of  the  same  side- 
wheel  type,  the  "Cumberland,"  was  added  to  the  fleet  in 
1886.     Both  steamers  were  sold  in  1902  to  the   Joy  line 


BY   FRANCIS   B.   C.   BRADLEE  136 

for  use  on  Long  Island  Sound  and  renamed  "Edgemont" 
and  "Larchmont"  respectively.  The  latter,  on  the  night 
of  Feb.  11,  1907,  was  run  down  by  a  coal-laden  schooner 
in  Block  Island  Sound,  and  of  the  177  or  more  people  on 
board  only  twenty  lived  to  reach  the  shore,  and  some  of 
these  died  later  from  exposure  to  the  awful  zero  weather. 

Other  coastwise  lines  had,  in  the  early  eighties,  already 
discarded  wooden  side-wheel  steamers  for  the  more  mod- 
ern iron  propellers,  and  in  1895  the  International  line,  a 
little  late  in  the  day,  followed  suit  and  brought  out  a 
screw  propelled  vessel,  the  "St.  Croix,"  but  they  still 
clung  to  the  wooden  hull  built  by  the  New  England  Ship- 
building Co.  of  Bath.  The  "St.  Croix"  measured  1994 
tons  gross,  was  240  feet  long,  40  feet  beam,  and  had  a 
triple  expansion  engine  ;  she,  however,  proved  to  be  any- 
thing but  a  success,  as  she  turned  out  a  leaky  vessel  of 
but  small  carrying  capacity,  and  was  afterwards  sold  for 
use  on  the  Pacific  coast. 

In  1901  the  International  Steamship  Co.  joined  with 
Morse's  Eastern  Steamship  Co.'s  consolidation  of  all  the 
lines  running  east  from  Boston.  Among  the  old-time 
shipmasters  on  the  International  line  were  Captains  Win- 
chester, Thompson,  Hall,  Colby,  Pike,  Sr.  and  Jr.  Two 
more  screw-propelled  steamers,  with  steel  hulls,  built  by 
the  Delaware  River  Shipbuilding  Co.  of  Chester,  Pa., 
were  brought  out  by  the  new  management — the  "  Calvin 
Austin"  in  1903  and  the  "Governor  Cobb"  in  1907. 
The  former  is  298  1-2  feet  in  length,  60  1-2  feet  beam, 
17  1-2  feet  depth  of  hold,  3826  tons  gross,  and  is  fitted 
with  a  triple  expansion  engine  indicating  2700  horse- 
power ;  the  latter  is  289  feet  long,  54  feet  beam,  measures 
2522  tons  gross,  and  her  motive  power  consists  of  three 
Parsons'  steam  turbines,  which  develop  about  2500  indi- 
cated horse-power.  The  "Governor  Cobb"  is  considered 
to  have  been  the  first  seagoing  steamer  in  the  United 
States  equipped  with  turbine  machinery.  Both  are  fine, 
fast  boats,  the  "Cobb"  especially  so,  and  she  has  been 
chartered  every  year  in  the  winter  months  to  run  between 
Key  West  and  Havana.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  war  the 
Government  took  over  the  "Governor  Cobb,"  "Governor 


136  STEAM  NAVIGATION   IN    NEW   ENGLAND 

Dingley,"  and  "Calvin  Austin,"  to  use  as  training  ships 
for  the  new  mercantile  marine. 

Though  great  progress  has  been  made  locally  in 
marine  architecture,  too  many  of  our  coastwise  carriers 
are  still  steamboats  rather  than  steamships.  Steel  hulls 
and  twin  screws  of  late  years  have  markedly  increased 
the  strength  and  seaworthiness  of  our  New  England  steam 
fleet.  And  yet  some  of  our  local  steamers  still  retain 
too  many  of  the  characteristics  of  the  old  time  side- 
wheelers.  Their  solid  steel  sides  are  not  carried  up  high 
enough  above  the  water;  there  is  still  too  much  of  the  old 
custom  of  leaving  large  openings  aft,  through  which  high 
seas  can  tumble  into  saloons  and  staterooms. 

The  theory  is  that  if  these  coastwise  craft  are  built  up 
high  forward,  that  is  enough  to  ride  head  to  gale.  But 
the  theory  fails  when  it  is  necessary  to  bring  the  steamer 
about  to  scud  before  it.  Such  criticisms  do  not  attach  to 
the  liners  plying  between  Boston  and  Nova  Scotia  ports, 
or  to  those  running  to  points  south  of  New  York.  They 
are  veritable  ocean  steamships  of  small  or  moderate  ton- 
nage, but  of  sturdy  model  and  unquestioned  seaworthi- 
ness. Our  immediate  New  England  waters,  however,  are 
among  the  stormiest  in  the  world,  and  many  of  our  coast- 
wise steamers  are,  or  rather  were,  employed  in  year-round 
service. 

The  expedient  of  twin  screws  makes  possible  a  sea- 
going model  of  great  handiness  and  light  draft.  There 
is  no  need  of  the  employment  of  side- wheelers,  or  top- 
heavy  propellers  for  outside  routes  to  the  bays  and  rivers 
of  Maine,  and  there  is  every  need  of  strong,  rigid,  sub- 
divided hulls  of  up-to-date  construction.  A  long  step  in 
advance  was  taken  when  steel  turbine  liners  were  put  on 
the  eastern  routes,  but  too  many  of  the  old  steamboat 
traditions  still  endure. 

During  the  year  1863  Spear,  Lang  and  Delano  of  Bos- 
ton, so  long  identified  with  the  New  England  coastwise 
steamers,  started  an  opposition  line  between  Boston  and 
St.  John,  N.  B.,  known  as  the  "United  States  Mail  Line." 
The  steamer  employed  was  an  iron  paddle-wheeler,  re- 
cently rechristened  the  "  Admiral  Du  Pont,"  for  under 
the  name  of  '^Dawn"  she  had  been  captured,  a  little  while 


BY  FRANCIS  B.   C.    BRADLEE  137 

before,  in  an  attempt  to  run  the  blockade  of  the  southern 
ports.  This  vessel,  built  in  England  in  1847  for  the 
English-Irish  cross  channel  trade,  measured  705  tons,  and 
was  equipped  with  oscillating  cylinders,  four  in  number, 
each  48  inches  in  diameter,  four  feet  stroke,  a  type  of 
machinery  at  that  time  much  in  vogue  in  England,  but 
which  somehow  never  found  much  favor  on  this  side  of 
the  water.  The  "  Admiral  Du  Font's"  career  was  a 
very  Short  one  in  New  England  waters,  for  the  enterprise 
was  wholly  unsuccessful. 

In  1882  the  New  England  and  Arcadia  Steamship  Co. 
was  organized  to  furnish  communication  between  the 
ports  of  Maine  and  southern  Nova  Scotia.  The  iron  side- 
wheel  steamer  "Frances,"  988  tons,  222  feet  long,  800 
nominal  horse-power,  built  in  Wilmington,  Del.,  in  1865, 
was  chartered  from  David  Babcock,  president  of  the 
Stonington  and  Providence  Steamship  Co.,  and  operated 
for  several  years  between  Bucksport  (in  the  winter 
months)  and  Digby  and  Annapolis,  N.  S.,  calling  each 
way  at  Machias  and  Eastport ;  Edward  Cushing,  for  many 
years  purser  on  various  "  down  East  "  steamers,  was  gen- 
eral manager,  and  in  the  summer  months  the  American 
terminus  of  the  line  was  Bar  Harbor.  After  several  fairly 
successful  years,  the  Maine  Central  R.  R.  Co.  obtained 
control  of  the  enterprise,  and  its  home  port  was  changed 
to  Rockland. 

Among  the  many  smaller  and  unsuccessful  attempts, 
some  notice  must  be  given  to  the  St.  John,  N.  B.,  and 
New  York  line  (calling  at  Eastport  and  Yarmouth,  N.  S.), 
or,  as  it  was  officially  called,  the  New  York  Steamship  Co. 
It  was  organized  by  N.  L.  Newcomb  and  others,  and  in 
1889-90  they  ran  at  irregular  intervals  the  large  wooden 
propeller  "City  of  Columbia."  She  had  formerly  be- 
longetl  to  the  New  York  and  Charleston  (S.  C.)  Steam- 
ship Co.,  was  built  at  New  York  in  1880,  and  measured 
1878  Ions.  The  earliest  steamer  to  be  placed  on  the  route 
between  Yarmouth,  N.  S.  and  Boston  was  the  wooden 
propeller  "  Eastern  State,"  previously  mentioned.  She 
was  purchased  by  the  Yarmouth  Steam  Navigation  Co.  for 
$24,500,  and  placed  in  commission  in  1855,  in  charge  of 
Capt.  Bowman  Corning,  and  until  she  was  taken  in  1861 


138  STEAM  NAVIGATION   IN    NEW   ENGLAND 

by  the  United  States  Government  for  a  transport,  the 
"Eastern  State"  made  weekly  trips,  which  were  sometimes 
extended  to  Halifax. 

The  steamships  that  followed  the  "Eastern  State"  in 
this  service  were  the  "Relief"  in  1862,  the  "Scotia"  in 
1864,  and  the  "Linda"  (afterwards  renamed  the  "Domin- 
ion") in  1866  and  later,  all  wooden  propellers.  E.  Frank- 
lin Clements,  son  of  the  well  known  Capt.  N.  K.  Clements 
of  Yarmouth,  was  in  charge  of  the  line  at  this  time,  and 
it  came  to  be  often  called  the  "Clements  line."  The  side- 
wheeler  "New  Brunswick,"  chartered  from  the  Interna- 
tional Steamship  Co.,  was  on  the  route  in  1882,  but  up  to 
this  time  there  had  been  few  indications  of  the  im- 
portant part  Nova  Scotia  was  to  play  in  the  great  summer 
vacation  movement.  Indeed  "vacations"  were  then  far 
from  being  the  accepted  institution  that  they  are  to-day. 
The  railroads  of  the  province  had  been  gradually  awaken- 
ing to  the  possibilities  of  summer  travel,  but  it  remained 
for  Yarmouth's  great  "captain  of  industry,"  Hon.  Loran 
E.  Baker,  to  make  the  first  definite  move  in  reaching  out 
for  a  share  of  the  American  tourist  business.  Mr.  Baker, 
who  was  one  of  the  most  enterprising  and  ambitious  mer- 
chants ever  produced  by  Nova  Scotia,  in  1885  bought  out 
the  Nova  Scotia  Steamship  Co.  and  its  steamer  "  Domin- 
ion "  and  organized  the  Yarmouth  Steamship  Co.,  which 
was  destined  to  be  the  real  pioneer  in  the  ocean  part  of 
the  Nova  Scotia  tourist  business. 

With  abundant  faith  in  the  future,  the  Yarmouth 
Steamship  Co.  proceeded  to  have  built  on  the  Clyde  a 
new  steel  steamship,  the  "Yarmouth,"  220  feet  long,  with 
a  speed  of  14  knots.  She  was  a  fine  vessel  for  that  period 
and  was  placed  in  commission  between  Boston  and  the 
Nova  Scotia  port  for  which  she  was  named,  in  1887.  The 
"Yarmouth"  became  very  popular  with  the  travelling 
public,  and  the  passenger  business  of  the  line  increased  so 
rapidly  that  it  was  found  necessary  to  order  another  and 
larger  steamship,  the  "Boston."  This  vessel  was  also 
built  at  Glasgow,  and  was  1694  tons  gross  and  245  feet 
long.  She  was  placed  on  the  route  in  1890,  and  inaugu- 
rated a  new  direct  service  between  Boston  and  Digby, 
N.  S.  (now  given  up),  remaining  in  commission  until  sold 


BY  FRANCIS  B.   C.   BRADLEE  139 

in  June,  1917.  In  the  twenty  odd  years  of  her  service 
she  made  one  of  the  most  remarkable  records  of  any 
American  coastwise  steamer ;  her  runs  were  clocklike  in 
their  precision,  and  she  missed  scarcely  a  trip,  even  in  the 
stormiest  weather.  But  even  the  '•  Boston  "  by  and  by 
failed  to  meet  the  requirements  of  the  growing  traffic, 
and  faster  and  bigger  boats  succeeded  her. 

The  Dominion  Atlantic  Railway  Co.,  a  progressive  Eng- 
lish corporation,  which  had  come  into  possession  of  the 
entire  railway  system  between  Halifax  and  Yarmouth, 
decided  to  extend  its  field  of  operations  and  absorbed  the 
Yarmouth  Steamship  Co.  [t  placed  on  the  Boston-Yar- 
mouth route  in  1897  the  steel  twin  screw  steamship 
'*  Prince  Edward,"  1400  tons  gross,  268  feet  long,  built 
by  Earle's  Shipbuilding  Co.,  Hull,  England  ;  she  devel- 
oped a  speed  of  19  1-2  knots,  and  was  later  sold  to  Ger- 
man owners  and  said  to  have  been  lost  in  the  Baltic  Sea. 

In  1899  the  "  Prince  George  "  and  ♦«  Prince  Arthur," 
sister  ships,  were  added  to  the  line ;  they  were  also  con- 
structed by  the  Earle  Co.  at  large  expense,  and  were 
equipped  and  engined  like  small  ocean  liners.  Each 
steamer  measures  2040  tons  gross,  290  feet  in  length,  38 
feet  beam,  and  has  two  triple  expansion  engines  of  718 
nominal  horse-power  driving  twin  screws,  the  speed  being 
about  20  knots.  They  have  the  proportions  of  the  trans- 
atlantic liner,  without  its  unwieldiness  ;  properly  handled 
they  can  stand  almost  any  weather — as  they  have  had 
abundant  opportunity  to  prove  in  Massachusetts  Bay — 
and  in  their  neat  aspect,  fleet  lines  and  excellent  design, 
black  hull,  white  upperworks  and  crimson  funnels,  they 
are  an  ornament  to  any  harbor.  In  the  old  days  it  not 
infrequently  took  a  couple  of  days,  or  more,  to  reach 
Boston  from  Yarmouth,  or  vice  versa;  the  two  "Princes," 
however,  easily  make  the  run  in  17  hours,  and  with  the 
utmost  regularity. 

Early  in  1912  the  marine  division  of  the  Dominion 
Atlantic  Railway  Co.  fell  under  the  control  of  the  all- 
absorbing  Eastern  Steamship  Corporation,  who  reorganized 
it  as  the  Boston  and  Yarmouth  Steamship  Co.  Ltd.  The 
service  was,  however,  continued  as  before  under  the  Brit- 
ish flag,  until  interrupted   by    the   European    war.     The 


140  STEAM  NAVIGATION   IN    NEW   ENGLAND 

*•  Prince  George  "  and  "  Prince  Arthur  "  were  requisi- 
tioned as  hospital  transports  early  in  1917  by  the  British 
government. 

For  a  few  months  the  Yarmouth  line  was  carried  on 
with  such  ships  as  the  Eastern  Steamship  Lines  could 
spare,  but  late  in  1917  it  was  suspended  altogether.  How- 
ever, a  great  outcry  was  made  by  the  Nova  Scotia  mer- 
chants and  shippers,  and  in  April,  1918,  a  freight  service 
was  begun  and  irregularly  maintained  by  the  Canadian 
government  steamer  "Aranmore,"  a  propeller  of  some  600 
tons.  Soon  after  the  close  of  hostilities  the  Eastern 
Steamship  Lines  again  began  the  regular  service  on  March 
6,  1919,  with  their  steamer  «'  North  Land  "  of  the  New 
York  and  Portland  line.  It  is  hoped  that  the"  Princes  " 
will  soon  be  released  so  as  to  be  on  the  line  in  the  sum- 
mer of  1920. 

For  many  years  there  had  been  regular  packets  between 
Boston  and  Halifax,  N.  S.,  mostly  brigs  and  schooners  of 
from  100  to  200  tons  each,  but  the  first  communication 
by  steam  was  when  the  Cunard  line  or,  as  it  was  then 
officially  called,  British  and  North  American  Royal  Mail 
Steam  Packet  Co.  was  established  in  1840.  Their  ships 
called  at  Halifax  on  their  way  to  and  from  Boston  month- 
ly in  the  winter,  every  two  weeks  in  the  summer,  until 
1848,  when  the  service  was  doubled,  but  every  other  ves- 
sel then  proceeded  to  New  York.  After  a  short  time, 
however,  the  New  York  steamers  gave  up  calling  at  Hal- 
ifax, owing  to  the  many  delays  incident  thereto,  but  the 
Boston  ships  continued  stopping  there  until  1868. 

Contrary  to  the  general  belief,  the  "Unicorn"  and  not 
the  "  Britannia  "  was  the  first  Cunard  steamer  to  cross 
the  Atlantic  and  arrive  in  Boston.  The  original  contract 
of  the  Cunard  Co.  with  the  British  government  obliged 
them  to  have  their  steamers  at  Halifax  met  by  another 
which  was  to  carry  the  mail  to  Pictou,  N.  S.,  and  Quebec. 
Accordingly  the  "Unicorn"  was  sent  over  in  advance  of 
the  regular  boats,  and  having  landed  her  passengers  at 
Boston,  June  2,  1840,  returned  to  Halifax  to  meet  the 
outward  steamer  from  England ;  she  carried  on  the  Hali- 
fax-Pictou-Quebec  service  until  it  was  given  up  in  1846. 
The  "Unicorn"  was  a  small  boat  of  649  tons,    570  indi- 


BY  FRANCIS  B.   0.  BRADLEB  141 

cated  horse-power,  built  in  1835  for  the  Glasgow  and 
Liverpool  service  ;  the  first  four  regular  steamers  of  the 
Cunard  line,  the  "Britannia,"  "Acadia,"  "Caledonia"  and- 
"Columbia,"  were  nearly  double  her  size,  1200  tons  each. 

Another  very  early  local  steamer  under  the  British 
flag  and  plying  between  Boston  and  the  British  Provinces 
was  the  "North  America."  Like  many  other  early  steam 
vessels^  very  little  can  be  learned  about  her,  and  in  spite 
of  diligent  searches  all  that  can  be  found  concerning  this 
craft  is  in  the  advertisements  of  her  in  the  contempora- 
neous newspapers.  The  Boston  Advertiser  for  March  25, 
1840,  has  the  following  notice  of  her  : 

"  British  steamship  'North  America,'  between  Boston, 
St.  John,  N.  B.,  and  to  Windsor,  N.  S.  (via  Eastport), 
where  stages  run  to  Halifax  in  a  few  hours.  Tliis  new 
and  elegant  steamer,  with  low  pressure  engines  made  by 
the  first  manufacturers  in  Great  Britain,  having  superior 
accommodations  for  passengers,  will  commence  running 
in  April  next,  leaving  St.  John  on  the  15th  and  Boston 
on  the  18th,  on  her  first  trip  of  the  season,  touching  at 
Eastport  to  and  from.  .  .  .  This  boat  will  be  provided 
with  every  facility  for  the  prevention  of  fires,  with  force 
pumps,  suction  hose,  extra  boats,  etc.,  and  her  engines  and 
boilers  are  so  constructed  as  to  make  it  next  to  impossible 
to  take  fire.  She  will  be  a  most  desirable  conveyance  be- 
tween the  British  Provinces  and  the  U,  States.  Fares  to 
St.  John,  $12  and  found  ;  to  Eastport,  $10  ;  letters  12  1-2 
cents  each. 

L.  Crackbon,  Agent,  6  T  wharf." 

On  April  18,  1840,  the  same  paper  notes:  "The  Brit- 
ish steamer  ♦  North  America,'  which  made  one  trip  from 
St.  John,  N.  B.,  to  this  city  last  autumn  (1839),  arrived 
here  yesterday,  in  86  hours,  bringing  21  passengers.  She 
lies  at  Lewis  Wharf."  Not  long  after  this  date  the  "North 
America"  made  Halifax  her  eastern  terminus,  to  which 
port  she  plied  regularly,  and  it  would  seem  with  some 
success.  One  of  her  last  advertisements  was  in  the  Bos- 
ton Advertiser  for  Aug.  28,  1843,  as  follows : — 

"  British  steamship  *  North  America,'  Chisholm,  for 
Yarmouth,  fare  $8,  Lunenburg  il2,  Halifax  $12,  meals 
extra.  Charles  R.  Gibbons,  Agent, 

75  Long  Wharf." 


142  STEAM  NAVIGATION  IN   NEW   ENGLAND 

It  would  have  been  interesting   to    have    reproduced  a 
picture  of  this  old  steamer,  but  as  previously   stated,  all 
•researches  have  been  in  vain,  and  we  can  only  conjecture 
as  to  what  became  of  her. 

In  July,  1848,  the  Boston  Transcript  advertised  the 
American  steamer  "Buena  Vista"  as  "running  regularly" 
between  that  port  and  Halifax,  N.  S.  The  records  of  the 
New  York  Custom  House  reveal  the  fact  that  this  craft 
was  formerly  called  the  "General  Jackson,"  and  that  she 
was  a  small  boat  built  at  New  York  in  1828-29  by  Smith 
and  Dimon  for  Peter  Simmons,  also  of  New  York  ;  and 
that  later  she  belonged  to  Cornelius  ("Commodore")  Van- 
derbilt.  Her  tonnage  was  only  174,  length  114  feet, 
beam  22  feet.  A  more  unsuitable  steamer  for  open  sea 
navigation  can  scarcely  be  imagined,  for  she  was  designed 
to  navigate  the  waters  of  the  Hudson  river,  or  Long  Island 
Sound,  and  did  so  for  many  years.  The  "General  Jack- 
son" had  come  from  New  York  with  a  bad  reputation,  for 
on  June  8,  1831,  while  in  the  Hudson  river,  her  boiler 
exploded,  killing  six  and  injuring  between  twenty  and 
thirty  persons.  Hence  the  probable  reason  for  her  change 
of  name  later  on,  and  as  far  as  can  be  learned  her  career 
on  the  coast  of  New  England  was  limited  to  one  season. 

The  next  attempt  at  steam  navigation  between  Boston 
and  the  capital  of  Nova  Scotia  was  in  1852,  when  the 
wooden  propeller  "Sir  John  Harvey"  (named  for  a 
former  lieutenant-governor  of  Nova  Scotia)  was  placed 
on  the  route  by  Messrs.  Clark,  Jones  and  Co.  of  Boston. 
Her  advent  was  announced  by  the  Boston  Advertiser  in 
April,  1852,  as  follows  : — 

"  '  Sir  John  Harvey  ' :  this  propeller  of  about  700  tons 
was  launched  at  Medford  (Mass.)  yesterday  by  J.  O. 
Curtis.  When  her  machinery  is  fitted,  she  is  to  ply  be- 
tween this  city  and  Halifax,  and  is  expected  to  leave  each 
place  once  a  week.  She  will  begin  her  trips  early  in 
June.  Her  agents  in  this  city  are  Clark,  Jones  and  Co., 
who  have  for  some  years  past  successfully  managed  a  line 
of  fast  sailing  brigs,  the  'Boston,'  'Belle,'  'Halifax,'  etc., 
which  have  kept  up  a  very  regular  communication  with 
the  British  Provinces." 

The  picture  of  the  "  Sir  John  Harvey,"  reproduced 
from  an  old  lithograph    owned  by  the   author,  shows  her 


BY   FRANCIS   B.   0.   BRADLEK  143 

to  have  been  a  curious  old  craft, — not  a  nautical  beauty, 
but  undoubtedly  seaworthy.  Her  exact  dimensions,  taken 
from  the  records  of  the  Boston  Custom  House,  were : 
tonnage  620,  length  170  feet,  beam  27  1-2  feet,  depth  of 
hold  18  1-2  feet;  she  was  "sold  foreign  "  in  1854,  prob- 
ably to  British  owners,  as  there  was  then  a  great  demand 
for  steam  transports  to  take  the  British  and  French  troops 
to  the  Crimean  war. 

After  this  date,  except  for  the  means  afforded  by  the 
Cunard  line  and  the  irregular  trips  of  the  "Eastern 
State"  (previously  mentioned),  there  was  no  direct  steam 
communication  between  Boston  and  Halifax  until  1868, 
when  F.  W.  Nickerson  and  Co.  of  Boston  started  their 
line,  which  was  also  extended  to  Charlottetown,  P.  E.  I., 
and  under  various  managements,  was  destined  to  last  for 
many  years.  Their  first  steamers  were  the  "Oriental," 
an  iron  screw  of  740  tons,  a  former  southern  blockade 
runner,  built  in  England  in  1858,  and  the  "Commerce," 
335  tons,  and  "Alhambra,"  764  tons,  also  propellers  but 
constructed  of  wood,  the  latter  at  New  York  in  1864. 
As  business  increased  larger  ships  were  added  to  the  line. 
These  were  the  "Carroll"  and  "Worcester,"  wooden 
screw  steamers,  built  at  New  York  in  1862  for  the  gov- 
ernment service  during  the  Civil  war.  They  were  pecu- 
liar looking  craft,  with  their  pilot  houses  very  far  for- 
ward ;  the  "Worcester"  measured  1500  tons  gross,  218 
feet  long,  35  feet  beam;  she  had  two  vertical  direct  act- 
ing engines,  cylinders  44  inches  by  48  inches  stroke  ;  the 
"Carroll"  was  of  slightly  smaller  dimensions. 

At  the  close  of  the  Civil  war  they  and  another  sister 
ship,  the  "Somerset,"  had  been  bought  by  the  Baltimore 
and  Ohio  R.  R.  Co.,  who  with  them  inaugurated,  in  1865, 
a  transatlantic  line  between  Baltimore  and  Liverpool.  But 
the  ships  were  unsuited  to  the  trade ;  they  were  too  small 
and  slow,  and  in  1868  the  experiment  was  given  up.  The 
"Worcester"  and  "Carroll"  were  better  fitted  to  a  com- 
paratively short  route,  like  that  between  Boston-Halifax 
and  Charlottetown,  and  they  literally  wore  themselves  out 
in  that  service  ;  they  were  condemned  and  broken  up  at 
Boston  in  the  summer  of  1894. 

Another  historic  steamer  ran  on  this  line  for  a  short 
time  in  the  late  eighties.     This  was    the  "Merrimack,"  a 


14  i  STEAM  NAVIGATION   IN    NEW   ENGLAND 

propeller,  and  one  of  the  first  iron  vessels  ever  built  in 
Boston  (by  Harrison  Loring  in  1861).  She  and  a  sister 
ship,  the  "Mississippi,"  had  been  intended  to  form  a  reg- 
ular line  between  Boston  and  New  Orleans,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Union  Steamship  Co.  of  Boston,  but  the 
breaking  out  of  the  Civil  war  put  an  end  to  the  project. 
Both  steamers  were  in  use  as  transports  during  the  war, 
and  afterwards  were  in  the  transatlantic  service  between 
New  York  and  Havre.  Later  on  thej  were  acquired  by 
the  United  States  and  Brazil  Mail  S.  S.  Co.,  and  for  many 
years  plied  between  New  York  and  Rio  de  Janeiro;  the 
"Mississippi"  was  lost  in  that  service  in  1869. 

In  the  eighties  the  "Merrimack"  came  back  to  her 
original  port,  was  refitted  with  a  triple  expansion  engine, 
and  plied  between  Boston  and  Halifax  until  she  was  lost 
by  running  ashore  on  Little  Hope  Island,  N.  S.,  in  a  thick 
fog,  July  10,  1887.  The  passengers  and  crew  had  a  nar- 
row escape  and  barely  got  off  with  their  lives.  The 
"Merrimack"  was  a  very  handsome  ship,  with  fine  lines ; 
originally  she  had  been  barque-rigged,  with  very  lofty 
masts  and  spars,  but  in  her  later  days  the  mainmast  and 
square  yards  were  removed,  leaving  her  schooner-rigged. 
She  measured  2031  tons  gross,  260  feet  long,  39  feet 
beam,  19  feet  depth  of  hold,  4  water-tight  bulkheads  ; 
she  was  at  first  fitted  with  two  inverted  direct  actinor   en- 

o 

gines,. having  62-inch  cylinders,  4  feet  stroke. 

Daring  the  season  of  1891  the  British  steamship 
♦'State  of  Indiana,"  2584  tons,  400  nominal  horse-power, 
was  chartered  by  the  owners  of  the  "Carroll"  and  "Wor- 
cester;" she  had  previously  run  on  the  ** State"  line  be- 
tween New  York  and  Glasgow. 

About  1880  the  firm  of  Small  and  Hatheway  of  St. 
John,  N.  B.  started  an  opposition  steamer  line  between 
Boston  and  Nova  Scotia  ports;  Digby,  Annapolis,  Wind- 
sor, and  sometimes  Halifax,  to  which  place  the  fare  was 
"  $7  and  found."  They  had  various  small  steamers  ;  the 
propellers  "Scout,"  a  former  blockade  runner,  and  "Hunt- 
er," and  the  side-wheeler  "City  Point,"  the  latter  a  small 
New  York  harbor  boat  that  only  made  a  few  trips  ;  she 
bugged  the  coast  as  much  as  possible,  and  finally  ended 
her  career  by  running  ashore  near  Hampton,  N.  H.  After 
a  few  years.  Small  and  Hatheway  sold  out  to  the  Interna- 
tional line. 

(To  he  continued') 


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THE  WILLIAM  GRAYS  IN  SALEM  IN  1797. 


BY   EDWARD   GRAY. 


William  Gray  (Benjamin,Benjainin,  Joseph,  Robert  of 
Salem),  was  the  son  of  Benjamin^  and  Sarah  (Cash);  he 
born  at  Salem,  Oct.  26,  1727,  and  was  a  painter.  His 
marriage  intention  is  recorded  at  Salem,  Nov.  18,  1749, 
to  Sarah  Mattoon  of  Newmarket,  N.  H.  He  lived  in 
Ward  2  in  1797  ;  and  died  at  Salem,  Dec.  24,  1805,  aged 
seventy-eight  years.^  In  his  will,  dated  May  8,  1801,  and 
proved  Jan,  14,  1806,  he  mentions  his  two  sons  William 
Gray  and  John  Gray,  and  three  grandchildren,  the  chil- 
dren of  his  son  Richard  Mattoon  Gray,  deceased ;  sons 
William  and  John,  executors,  who  call  themselves  Wil- 
liam Gray,  jr.,  gentleman,  and  John  Gray,  schoolmaster, 
on  their  bond. 

William  Gray,  Jr.  (Abraham,  William  of  Lynn),  was 
son  of  Abraham  and  Lydia  (Galley)  ;  he  was  born  at  Lynn, 
June  27,  1750,  and  moved  to  Salem,  with  his  parents,  in 
1761.  He  was  the  Salem  merchant  familiarly  known  as 
"  Billy  "  Gray,  and  was  known  as  William  Gray,  tertius, 
until    1786,3   ^hen  he    became  William  Gray,  jr.  ;*  after 

'Essex  Institute  Historical  Collections,  IV:  263;  Essex  County 
Deeds,  115:  188. 

2Salem  Gazette,  Dec.  27,  1805. 

sEssex  County  Deeds,  145 :  219. 

*William  Gray,  jr.  and  Margaret  Cook,  both  of  Salem,  were  mar- 
ried March  16,  1760.  {Rev.  Dudley  LeaviWs  marriages  in  Vital 
Records  manuscripts,  Essex  Institute.)  He  may  have  been  the  son  of 
Robert,  jr.  and  Ruth,  baptized  at  Salem,  Oct.  16,  1737,  and  probably 
died  in  1786  (qf.  William  Gray,  jr.  in  the  text),  until  which  time  he 
was  probably  William  Gray,  jr.  William  Gray  of  Middleton,  yeo- 
man, who  married  Sarah  Smith  of  Salem,  and  Samuel  Gray,  jr.  of 
Salem,  cordwainer  (1765-1850),  who  married  Ruth  Ropes,  were 
brothers  {Wheatland  papers,  Essex  Institute),  and  were  probably 
his  sons,  as  the  latter  had  a  daughter  named  Margaret  Cook  Gray. 
Samuel's  son,  Samuel,  was  killed  by  lightning,  July  5,  1804,  while 
fishing  in  Salem  bay.  (Samuel  Gray  [sr.]  of  Salem,  merchant  (1760- 
1816),  was  the  son  of  Abraham  and  Lydia  (Calley),  and  brother  of 
William  Gray,  jr.,  in  the  text.  He  married,  first,  Anna  Orne,  and 
second,  Mary  Brooks.) 

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146  THE  WILLIAM   GRA.YS   IN   SALEM  IN   1797 

the  death  of  the  above  William  Gray,  in  1805,  he  be- 
came William  Gray.  He  married  at  Salem,  March  28 
or  29,  1782,  Elizabeth  Chipman,  and  lived  in  Ward  2  in 
1797.  He  moved  to  Boston  in  1809 ;  was  Lieutenant- 
Governor  of  Massachusetts  in  1810  and  1811  ;  and  died 
at  Boston,  Nov.  3,  1825.  After  examining  the  Essex 
County  wills  and  deeds,  the  writer  feels  sure  that  this- 
Lynn  Gray  family  was  not  connected  with  the  Salem  Gray 
family. 

William  Gray  3rd  (William,  Benjamin,  Benjamin, 
Joseph,  Robert  of  Salem),  was  the  son  of  William  and 
Sarah  (Mattoon);  he  was  born  at  Salem,  July  5,  1750,  and 
was  a  painter.  ^  He  was  known  as  William  Gray,  4th,  until 
1786  (<?/■.  the  record  of  his  first  marriage  ;  also  William 
Gray,  jr.,  above  named),  when  he  became  William  Gray,. 
3rd.  After  the  death  of  his  father,  William  Gray,  in 
1805,  he  became  William  Gray,  jr.  He  was  of  Ports- 
mouth, N.  H.,  in  1800,2  a^d  of  Salem  again  in  1807.3  He 
married  first,  at  Salem,  Nov.  5,  1772,  Susannah  Shepard, 
who  died  April  25,  1796  ;  and  second,  at  Salem,  Oct.  2, 
1796,  widow  Hannah  (Ashby)  Young,  and  lived  in  Ward 
1  in  1797.  He  died  at  Salem  Nov.  16,  1819,  aged  sixty- 
nine  years. 

William  Gray,  4th,  married  at  Salem,  Oct.  17,  1790, 
Hannah  Bushnell,  and  lived  in  Ward  2  in  1797.  The 
writer  cannot  find  anything  in  the  Essex  County  wills  or 
deeds  which  shows  the  identity  of  this  William  Gray. 

William  Gray,  5TH(William,  William,  Benjamin,  Ben- 
jamin, Joseph,  Robert  of  Salem),  was  the  son  of  William, 
3rd,  and  Susannah  (Shepard);  he  was  born  at  Salem,  July 
30,  1773,  and  changed  his  name  by  an  act  of  Legislature, 

William  Gray  (Jeremiah,  William  of  Lynn),  was  the  son  of  Jere- 
miah and  Theodate  (Hood);  he  was  born  about  1745,  and  died  in 
1781.  He  married  at  Lynn,  Jan.  23,  1771,  Alice  Breed;  was  a  cord- 
wainer,  and  lived  in  Boston  and  Salem.  On  April  10,  1781,  William 
Gray  of  Salem,  cordwainer,  sells  to  brother,  Winthrop  Gray  of  Bos- 
ton, innholder,  land  bequeathed  by  father,  Jeremiah  Gray  of  Lynn, 
Essex  County  Deeds,  138:  198.) 

*Essex  County  Deeds,  148:  226. 
*Essex  County  Deeds,  167:  81. 
'Essex  County  Deeds,  181:  15. 


THE  WILLIAM  GRAYS   IN  SALEM  IN  1797  147 

in  1798,  to  William  Shepard  Gray.i  He  lived  in  Ward  2, 
Salem,  in  1797,  and  married  at  Newburyport,  Nov.  8, 
1798,  Ann  Knight  Morland.  Later  in  life  he  was  cashier 
of  the  Essex  Bank,  Salem,  and  died  at  Cambridge,  May 
27,  1824.2 

^Laws  and  Resolves  of  Massachusetts,  Feb.  5,  1796,  chap.  37. 
"William  Gr'ay,  the  fifth,  of  Salem,  in  the  county  of  Essex,  son  of 
William  Gray,  the  third,  of  said  Salem,  be  empowered  to  take  tho 
name  of , William  Shepard  Gray." 

^Captain  William  Gray,  of  Salem,  died  Nov.  18,  1785,  aged  forty- 
one  years.     {Salem  Gazette,  Nov.  SS,  1785.) 

Lydia  Gray,  widow  of  Captain  William  Gray,  died'Sept.  — ,  1796. 
( Wheatland  papers,  Essex  Institute.) 

William  Gray  married  at  Salem,  June  19,  1771,  Lydia  Croel. 

Robert  Gray  and  Benjamin  Gray,  both  of  Salem,  mariners,  chil- 
dren of  William  Gray,  late  of  Salem,  mariner,  sell  land  and  dwell- 
ing house  of  said  William  Gray,  our  late  father,  &c.,  to  Caleb  Cook 
for  $283..33,  on  April  19,  1805.  This  lot  was  on  St.  Peter  St.  {Essex 
County  Deeds,  175:  S50.) 

Captain  William  Gray,  jr.  of  Salem,  mariner,  died  intestate,  and 
John  Watson  was  appointed  administrator  of  his  estate  on  Jan.  15, 
1805.  His  mansion  house  and  land  on  St.  Peter  St.  were  sold  at 
public  auction  for  |1,700. 


A  FELCH-FELTCH  PEDIGREE. 


BY   FRANK   HBRVBY   PETTINGELL. 


1.  Henry  Felch,  first  of  the  name  in  this  country, 
was  born  about  1590.  He  is  supposed  to  have  come  from 
Wales  with  the  party  of  the  Rev.  Richard  Blynman,  in 
1640, which  landed  first  at  Plymouth,  where  Mr.  Blynman 
is  mentioned  in  the  records  March  2,  1641 ;  next  at 
Marshfield  (incorporated  March  1,  1642),  then  called 
Green's  Harbor.  In  less  than  a  year  the  party  removed 
to  Gloucester,  where,  in  1642,  Henry  Felch  was  the 
owner  of  "  six  acres  of  hoed  ground,"  of  which  there  is 
no  grant  in  the  records,  sO  it  may  be  inferred  he  was 
there  before  the  incorporation  of  the  town  of  Gloucester, 
which  was  settled  between  October,  1641,  when  the 
bounds  of  the  town  were  approved  by  the  General  Court, 
and  May,  1642,  when  it  was  established  or  incorporated 
as  a  plantation  called  Gloucester.     The  first  marriage  on 

the  Gloucester  records  is  that   of  "  a   daughter  of 

Henry  Felch  to  Samuel  Haieward,  March  2, 1641"  (N.S.). 
Savage  indicates  that  her  name  was  Isabel,  but  there  are 
several  reasons  why  this  is  not  likely. 

Henry  Felch  was  proprietor  at  Watertown  in  1642  and 
perhaps  of  Reading  in  1644.  He  resided  during  his  later 
years  at  Boston,  where  he  died  in  August,  1670  ;  will 
dated  July  4  and  proved  Sept.  27,  1670.  Presumably 
before  coming  to  America  he  married,  first,  Margaret, 
whose  parentage  is  not  yet  determined.  She  died  in  Bos- 
ton, 23  :  4th  mo.,  1655,  and  he  married,  second,  Eliza- 
beth, widow  of  Thomas  Wiborne,  who  came  in  the  ship 
*'  Castle  "  in  1638  from  Tenterden,  County  Kent,  Eng- 
land, and  died  in  Boston,  2  :  7th  mo.,  1666  ;  will  probated 
28  Oct.,  1656.  Elizabeth  Wibome-Felch  died  at  Boston, 
12  May,  1682. 

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BY   PBANK   HERVEY   PETTINGELL  149 

Children,  by  wife  Margaret : — 

2.  Henry,  b.  about  1610. 

3.    (perhaps  Isabel),  m.  2  Mar.,  1641,  at  Gloucester,  Samuel 

Haieward. 

4.  Anna   (or  Hannah),  m.  Samuel  Dunton  of  Reading,   who  d. 

before  or  about  1695.    She  d.  11  July,  1689. 

5.  Mary,  m.   John  Wiburn   (or  Wiborne),   son  of  Thomas  and 

Elizabeth  Wiborne.' 

2.  Henry  Felch  was  born  about  1610,  in  Pembroke- 
shire, Wales,  England,  and  came  to  America  accompanied 
by  his  parents.  He  was  a  proprietor  at  Gloucester,  set- 
tled for  a  time  in  Watertown,  then  removed  to  Reading 
in  1647,  where  he  immediately  became  a  prominent  citi- 
zen, being  a  selectman  in  1647,  1648,  1651,  and  1681 ; 
surveyor  of  highways,  1648.  He  probably  resided  for  a 
time  in  Boston,  where  several  of  his  children  were  born 
and  died.  He  died  in  Reading,  11  Nov.,  1699  ;  estate 
inventoried  13  Dec,  1699,  son  John  administrator.  In 
the  town  records  of  Reading  he  is  frequently  designated 
as  "  Sergt.  Henry  Felch,"  indicating  that  he  must  have 
been  a  member  of  "  the  first  military  corps  of  Reading," 
formed  probably  at  the  time  of  the  incorporation  of  the 
town  in  1644,  called  "  Reading  Infantry  Company."  Its 
first  captain  was  Richard  Walker. 

Henry  married,  about  1648,  Hannah  Sargent,  who  was 
baptized  13  July,  1629,  in  Northampton,  England,  and 
died  in  Reading,  15  Dec,  1717.  She  was  the  daughter 
of  Rev.  William  Sargent  and  his  first  wife  Hannah. 

Children  : — 

6.  Hannah,  b.  26  Feb.,  1649;  d.  23  Apr.,  1668,  at  Reading. 

7.  Maby,  b.  31  July,  1653,  at  Reading;  m.  William  Green  of  Wo- 

burn.2 

8.  Elizabeth,  b.  15  July,  1655;  d.  8  Oct.,  1657,'  aged  2  yrs. 

9.  Samuel,  b.  3  June,  1657,  at  Boston;  d.  22  Oct.,  1661,  aged  4  yrs. 

'Children  of  Thomas  Wiborne  by  wife  Elizabeth  who  married 
Henry  Felch  as  her  second  husband  :  John,  m.  Mary  Felch;  Jona- 
than, d,  10  (10)  1653;  Nathaniel,  b.  Mar.  12,  1655;  Elizabeth,  m.  3 
(2),  1656,  John  Merrick;  James,  d.  Mar.  7,  1658. 

•Published  Vital  Records  of  Woburn  gives  a  Mary,  wife  of  Wm. 
Green,  d.  3  June,  1676. 

^Boston  Records  give  date  of  death  18:  8th  mo.,  1657. 


150  A  FBLCH-FELTCH  PEDIGREE 

10.  John,  b.  26  Feb.,  1659,  at  Reading;  d.  at  Boston,  9  Apr.,  1746, 

aged  89  yrs.  He  m.  25  May,  1685-6,  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Rob- 
ert and  Elizabeth  (Brock)  Gowing,  who  d.  at  Weston,  10 
Apr.,  1746,  aged  86  yrs.     They  had  9  children. 

11.  Samuel,  b.  12  July,  1662;  d.  Reading,  14  Jan.,  1683,  aged 21  yrs. 

12.  Joseph,  d.  31  May,  1727;  m.  Mary ,  who  d.  1729. 

18.     Elizabeth,   b.  9  Mar.,  1666,  at  Reading;  m.    at  Reading,  80 
Dec,  1686,  Thomas  Cutler. 

14.  Daniel,  b.  5  Jan.,  1668. 

15.  Hannah,  b.  18  Sept.,  1672;  m.  at  Reading,  16  Apr.,  1700,  Sam- 

uel Parker. 

16.  Ruth,  b.  1  June,  1675. 

14.  Daniel  Felch,  bom  at  Reading,  5  Jan.,  1668  ; 
d.  5  Oct.,  1762,  in  that  part  of  Hampton  Falls,  N.  H., 
which  is  now  Seabrook,  aged  84  years.  His  sons  Joseph 
and  Daniel,  jr.,  were  appointed  to  administrate  his  estate 
March  28,  1753.  He  perhaps  resided  for  a  time  in  the 
vicinity  of  Salem  Village  (now  Danvers),  as  four  of  his 
children  were  baptized  there  between  1718  and  1728. 
Shortly  prior  to  1730  he  settled  in  that  part  of  Seabrook 
then  included  within  the  jurisdiction  of  Hampton  Falls. 
His  name  appears  among  the  taxpayers  there  in  1747, 
1748,  1749,  and  1750.  He  was  a  practicing  physician  for 
many  years  in  the  vicinity  of  Hampton  Falls  and  Sea- 
brook, N.  H. 

He  married,  first,  in  Reading,  6  May,  1702,  Deborah 
Dean  (or  Dane)  of  Charlestown,  perhaps  the  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Elizabeth  (Fuller)  Dean.  This  Deborah 
Dean  was  born  29  Sept.,  1678,  and  died  7  Jan.,  1715.  He 
married,  second,  Sarah  Fuller,^  daughter  of  Benjamin 
(Lieut.  Thomas)  Fuller  and  his  wife  Sarah  Bacon. 

Dr.  Daniel  Felch  married,  third,  at  Salem,  12  Jan., 
1725,  Hepsibah  Curtis,  daughter  of  Corp.  John  (Zaccheus) 
Curtis  and  his  wife  Mary  Look.  Mary  Look  was  the 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  Look  of  Lynn.  Hepsibah 
Curtis  was  born  at  Topsfield,  28  Nov.,  1694  ;  baptized  at 
Boxford,  6  Jan.  1694-5,  and  died  at  the  "old  Felch  home- 
stead, where  her  son  Samuel  resided." 

'The  Genealogy  of  the  Fuller  Family  in  the  New  England  Histori- 
cal and  Genealogical  Register,  Vol.  xiii,  p.  360,  states  that  Sarah 
Fuller  married,  first,  Mr.  Felch  and  had  two  children,  Deborah  and 
Daniel. 


BY  PBANK  HERVEY  PBTTINQELL  151 

Children  by  wife  Deborah : — 

17.  Daniel,  b.  8  Mar.,  1703;  d.  13  Sept.,  1713,  at  Reading. 

18.  Dkbobah?    (If   so,    she    most  have  died  young,    as  he  had 

another  daughter  Deborah,  b.  IS  Jan. ,  1720.     See  below. 

Children  by  wife  Sarah  : — 

19.  Daniki.,   of  Hampton,  N.  H.,  b.  5  Apr.,  1718;  bapt.  at  Salem 

yiJlage  20  Apr.,  1718.  He  was  a  soldier  at  the  capture  ol 
Louisburg,  June  17,  1745,  in  Capt.  Edward  Williams'  com- 
pany, and  was  one  of  Captain  Moulton's  scouts  July  30  to 
Aug,  26,  1745;  services  ordered  paid  for  in  the  House  of 
Representatives,  Oct.  2,  1745.  He  m.  Jane  Paige  of  Salis- 
bury, 14  Feb.,  1749,  at  Hampton  Falls,  N.  H.,  who  d.  20 
June,  1787. 

20.  Deborah,   b.  13  Jan.,  1720;  bapt.  at  Salem  Village,  24  Apr., 

1720;  marriage  intentions  published  May,  1744,  to  Abner 
Harris.  Had  :  Abner,  bapt.  24  Mar.,  1744-5 ;  Deborah,  bapt. 
22  Feb.,  1746;  John,  bapt.  22  Jan.,  1748;  all  baptized  in 
Ipswich.  They  removed  to  Ipswich,  where  she  d.  22  June, 
1750.  Intentions  of  marriage  of  Abner  Harris  to  Mrs.  Mary 
Sawyer  were  published  at  Ipswich,  20  Apr.,  1751.  He  d. 
there  31  Jan.,  1777. 

21.  Sabah,  bapt.   at  Salem    Village,  21  Apr.,  1728;  d.,   unm.,  13 

Jan.,  1811,  at  the  old  homestead,  aged  81  yrs.  (It  is  not 
yet  determined  which  wife  was  the  mother  of  this  child,  nor 
the  date  of  her  birth.) 

Children,  by  wife  Hepsibah : — 

22.  CuBTis,  b.  about  1726;  removed  to  Fitzwilliam,  N.  H. 

23.  Samuel,  b.   perhaps  at  Hampton  Falls,  N.  H. ;  bapt.  23  Apr., 

1727,  at  Salem  Village. 

24.  Joseph,  bapt.  at  Danvers,  24  Apr.,  1728.    There  was  a  Joseph 

Felch  bapt.  and  owned  the  covenant  Dec.  13,  1747,  Second 
(West  or  Rocky  Hill)  Church,  Salisbury,  evidently  an  adult.* 
Joseph  Felch  m.  about  1756,  Mary  (Benjamin,  Benjamin, 
Thomas,  John)  Hoyt,  who  was  born  6  Jan.,  1738-9;  bapt.  28 
Oct.,  1750,  at  the  First  (East)  Church,  Salisbury,  and  d.  4 
Apr.,  1804.  Mary  (Hoyt)  Felch  was  admitted  to  full  com- 
munion Jan.  4,  1756,  in  the  First  Church  of  Salisbury. 
Joseph  and  wife  Mary  renewed  the  covenant  Oct  9,  1758, 
at  the  First  Church,  Salisbury,  and  they  had  two  children 

'Old  Families  of  Salisbury  and  Amesbury,  by  D.  W.  Hoyt,  p.  441. 


152  A  FBLCH-FELTCH  PEDIGREE 

baptized  in  this  church.  Joseph  Falch  was  parish  collector 
of  Hampton  Falls,  N.  H.,  1776;  signed  the  Associatton  Test 
as  of  Seabrook,  N.  H.,  with  his  brother  Samuel  and  others^ 
Apr.  12,  1776.  He  settled  in  Weare,  N.  H.,  in  1779,  pur- 
chasing the  Stephen  Kowell  farm,  which  has  since  remained 
in  the  family,'  now  owned  and  occupied  by  one  of  his  great- 
grandsons,  and  d.  5  Feb.,  1803,  in  Weare,  N.  H. 

25.  Hannah,   b.   24  Oct.,   1731.     The   published  Salisbury  Vital 

Eecords,  page  463,  gives  intentions  of  marriage  of  Paul 
Pressey  and  Hannah  Feltch  of  South  Hampton,  published 
30  Nov.,  1750,  at  Salisbury.  They  were  married  at  Kings- 
ton, N.  H.,  Jan.  1,  1751.  She  d.  10  Aug.,  1757,  atKingston^ 
and  he  m.  there,  28  Mar.,  1758,  Mary  Hubbard. 

26.  Henby,  b.  21  July,  1735,  at  Hampton  Falls,  N.  H. ;  d.  27  Jun«, 

1807.  Samuel  Smith  was  appointed  his  guardian  28  Mar., 
1753.  Henry  Felch  was  a  Quaker;  was  a  soldier  in  the  Rev- 
olutionary War,  being  drafted  Sept.  20,  1776,  and  served  in 
the  State  of  New  York.  Had  second  wife,  Deborah  Palmer, 
whom  he  m.  at  Kensington,  N.  H.,  19  Nov.,  1796;  she  d.  28^ 
Nov.,  1814. 

23.  Samuel  Falch  (or  Felch),  bom  perhaps  at 
Hampton  Falls,  N.  H.,  bapt.  23  Apr.,  1727,  at  Salem 
Village  (now  Danvers)  ;  died  in  that  part  of  Salisbury 
now  Seabrook,  N.  H.,  3  June,  1811.  He  lived  in  the 
south  end  of  Seabrook,  N.  H.,  about  one-half  mile  from 
the  present  Salisbury  line  (the  southern  part  of  Seabrook, 
N.  H.,  was  originally  a  part  of  Salisbury,  Mass.),  and 
died  at  the  old  Felch  homestead,  "  which  he  divided  into 
five  equal  parts  and  conveyed  in  severalty  to  his  five  sons 
by  deeds  dated  29  Nov.,  1808."  He  was  a  fisherman  and 
farmer.  He  signed  the  Association  Test  as  a  resident  of 
Seabrook,  N.  H.,  with  his  brother  Joseph  and  others, 
Apr.  12,  1776.  He  married  at  Seabrook,  N.  H.,  1  Jan., 
1755,  Jemina  Selley  (later  spelled  Cilley),  who  was  born 
Apr.  6,  1737,  at  Salisbury,  and  died  there  5  June,  1817. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  Thomas  (Benoni)  Selley  by  his 
second  wife  Lydia  (Edward,  jr.,  John,  Edward)  French. 

Children  : — 

27.  Nicholas,  b.  12  June,  1765,  at  Hampton  Falls,  N.  H.;  bapt.  21 

Dec,  1765,  at  Salisbury;  d.  13  Apr.,  1841,  aged  85  yrs.  H» 
m.  about  1779,  Sarah  Gove,  who  d.  20  Oct.,  1849.     He  waa 

'History  of  Hancock,  N.  H.,  by  William  W.  Hayward,  p.  670. 


BY  FRANK  HERVEY  PETTINGELL  153 

a  Revolutionary  soldier  in  the  N.  H.  Continental  line ;  name 
appears  on  the  N.  H.  pension  rolls,  1840;  res.  at  Seabrook. 

28.  Jbnne,  b.  at  Hampton  Falls,  N.  H.,  23  June,  bapt.  at  Salisbury 

8  July,  1757;  d.  11  Mar.,  1836,  aged  78  yrs.;  m.  Jeremiah 
Brown,  who  d.  16  Feb.,  1846. 

29.  Samuel,   b.  at  Seabrook,  N.  H.,   18  Nov.,  bapt.  at  Salisbury, 

Mass.,  25  Nov.,  1759;'  killed  at  Salisbury,  by  a  cart  passing 
over  his  body,  17  July,  1818,  aged  59  yrs.;  m.  Sarah  (Joseph, 
Joseph,  Hugh,  George,  Hugh)  March,  Mar.  21,  orDec.l,n88, 
at   Salisbury,  the  widow  of  Nathaniel  Harris, 

30.  Ja]&ina,   b.  at  Seabrook,  N.  H.,    16  Apr.,   bapt.  at  Salisbury, 

Mass.,  25  Apr.,  1762;'  d.  15  Nov.,  1816,  aged  54  yrs.;  m. 
Belcher  Dole,  23  June,  1791,  at  Salisbury.' 

81.  Hepsibah,  b.  15  Oct.,  1765;  d.  10  Nov.,  1840;  int.  of  marriage 

published  at  Salisbury,  2  Feb.,  1791,  to  Benjamin  Joy,  jr., 
who  d.  31  Mar.,  1830. 

82.  Phinas,  b.  7  Mar.,  1768;  settled  in  Kensington,  N.  H.,  and  d. 

at  Danville,  N.  H.,  Apr.,  1840,  aged  88  yrs.;  m.  at  Hampton 
Falls,  N.  H.,  19  Mar.,  1795,  Sarah  Ward,  a  descendant  of 
Thomas  Ward.     She  d.  1864. 

33.  Daniel,  b.  13  Oct.,  1771,  at  Seabrook,  N.  H.;  d.  30  June,  1839, 
aged  67  yrs.;  m.  18  Mar.,  1793,  Jenny  Eaton,  who  d.  6  June, 
1840. 

84.    Jacob,  b.  3  Feb.,  1777,  at  Seabrook,  N.  H. 

36.  Betty,  b.  3  Dec,  1781,  at  Seabrook,  N.  H.  She  lived  in  Sea- 
brook, N.  H.,  and  d.  there  13  Nov.,  1856,  aged  74  yrs.;  m.  in 
1800  Thomas  Chase,  who  d.  8  Aug.,  1883. 

34.  Jacob  Falch  was  born  at  Seabrook,  N.  H.,  3 
Feb.,  1777  ;  died  in  Newburyport,  28  Jan.,  1856,  aged  78 
years ;  married  at  Salisbury,  5  Aug.,  1802,  Hannah  Wharf 
Harris,  who  was  born  at  Salisbury,  2  Feb.,  1788  :  died  at 
Newburyport,  30  Jan.,  1880,  and  was  the  daughter  of 
Nathaniel  (Giles,  John,  John,  Thomas,  Thomas)  Harris 
and  his  wife  Sarah  (Joseph,  jr.,  Joseph,  Sergt.  Hugh,  Cor- 
net George,  Hugh)  March.  Sarah  (March)  Harris  mar- 
ried, second,  Samuel  Falch,  jr.,  21  Dec,  1788  (brother  of 
Jacob),  thereby  becoming  a  sister-in-law  to  her  own 
daughter.  Jacob  Falch  settled  early  at  Kensington, 
N.  H.,  where  he  was  a  resident  taxpayer  1808-1819.  A 
family  tradition  persists  that  he  was  an    officer  of  militia 

^Salisbury  Records. 

*Hoyt's  Old  Families  of  Salisbury  and  Amesbury. 


164  A   PELCH-FBLTOH   PEDIGREE 

during  the  War  of  1812,  stationed  at  Portsmouth,  N.  H., 
but  this  has  never  been  proved. 

Children,  by  his  wife  Hannah : — 

36.  Sabah   (called  Sally),   b.  about   1803,   probably  at  Hampton 

Falls,  N.  H.;  d,  17  Nov.,  1892,  at  Newburyport,  aged  89yrs.; 
m.  at  Ipswich,  27  Oct.,  1822,  Moses  Floyd.  Had:  Caroline 
b.  Newbnry,  16  Apr.,  1827;  m.  Thomas  Lambert  Nelson, 
brother  of  John  B.  Nelson  mentioned  below. 

37.  Jacob,  b.  at  Seabrook,  N.  H. 

88.    Joseph  Harris,  b.  25  Apr.,  1804,  perhaps  Kensington,  N.  H. 

39.  Charlotte,   b.  1807,   probably   at  Newburyport;  d.  unm.,  17 

Oct.,  1892,  at  Newburyport,  aged  85  yrs. 

40.  GoRHAM,  b.  1809,  at  Kensington,  N.  H. ;  d.  unm.  at  Newbury- 

port, 17  Apr.,  1881,  aged  72  yrs. 

41.  Mart  M.,  d.  29  Aug.,  1887;  int.  at  Newbury,  18  Apr.,  1840,  to 

William  L.  Shuff.  Had:  Ellen  Augusta,  b.  at  Newbury,  6 
Oct.,  1840;  m.  George  Dallas  Janvrin,  son  of  Capt.  George 
Janvrin.     She  d.  16  May,  1869. 

42.  Ci.ARA  M.   (called  Clarissa),   b.  at  Kensington,   N.  H.,  about 

1818;  d,  14  Mar.,  1901,  aged  82  yrs.;  m.  at  Newbury,  18  July, 
1849  (int.  Newburyport,  12  May,  1849),  John  B.  Nelson, 
aged  30  yrs.,  son  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  Nelson  of  Newbury- 
port.    Had:  William  T.  Nelson,  now  dead. 

43.  William   Alfonzo,   b.  at  Kensington,  N.  H.,  1819;  d.  8  Mar., 

1880,  at  Newburyport,  aged  61  yrs.;  m.  at  Newbury,  19 
Dec,  1844  (int.  30  Nov.,  1844,  at  Newburyport),  Lucy  M. 
Page  of  Newburyport.  He  m.,  second,  Abby  Goodwin,  and 
had :    Bernice. 

44.  Emeline  Morrill,  b.  at  Kensington,  N.  H.,  24  Dec,  1819  (ac- 

cording to  her  own  statement);  d.  30  Nov.,  1909,  in  Lexing- 
ton, at  the  home  of  her  son.  She  m.  at  Newbury,  10  Dec, 
1843,  Hiram  Janvrin,  who  was  b.  16  July,  1820,  at  Newbury, 
and  d,  12  Jan.,  1892,  at  Newburyport.  Had:  Hiram  Gilmore, 
b.  5  June,  1845,  at  Newburyport. 

45.  Lucy  Goff,  b.  Nov.,  1823  (city  clerk  of  Boston  gives  Ipswich 

as  place  of  her  birth) 5  d.  23  Oct.,  1883,  at  Charlestown, 
aged  60  yrs.,  lacking  one  month.  She  m.  Benjamin  W. 
Coffin,  who  d.  at  Charlestown,  9  Mar.,  1886,  aged  62  yrs. 

38.  Joseph  Harris  Felch  (or  Feltch),  born  proba- 
bly in  Kensington,  N.  H.,  25  Apr.,  1804  ;  died  at  New- 
buryport, 25  Sept.,  1882  (buried  in  Oldtown  graveyard, 
Newbury) ;  married,  first,  16  Apr.,  1834,    Mary  Haskell, 


BY   FRANK   HERVEY      PETTINGELL  166 

daughter  of  John  (Caleb,  Daniel,  Joseph,  William)  Has- 
kell and  his  wife  Margaret  (Thomas)  Clouston  of  New- 
buryport.  Mary  Haskell  was  born  5  July,  1804,  at  New- 
bury port,  and  died  there  9  Apr.,  1861.  He  married,  sec- 
ond, at  Charlestown,  30  Jan.,  1866,  Leah  (Osgood)  Fol- 
som,  widow  and  second  wife  of  Levi  G.  Folsom  and 
daughter  of  Capt.  John  S.  (Samuel,  Reuben,  Joseph, 
William,  John,  William)  Osgood  and  his  wife  Leah  Pres- 
cott  of  Oilman  ton,  N.  H.  She  was  born  23  Sept.,  1816, 
at  Gilford,  N.  H.,  and  died  at  Charlestown,  Mass.,  29 
Aug.,  1887,  aged  70  years.  He  was  a  farmer  of  Newbury 
and  Newburyport. 
Children  : — 

46.  Joseph  Haskei,l,   b.    at  Newbury,   20  May,  1837;  d.  19  Jan., 

1870,  in  Cummington,  aged  32  yrs.;  buried  in  Oldtown 
graveyard,  Newbury,  beside  his  parents.  He  graduated 
from  Williams  College,  class  of  1863;  graduated  Union 
Theological  Seminary,  New  York  Citv,  1866;  also  grada- 
ated  from  Princeton  in  1866;  ordained  (Congregationalist) 
June  29,  1867;  pastor  of  the  Village  Congregational  Church, 
Cummington,  Mass.,  1867  until  his  death  in  1870. 

47.  Maby  Anna,  b.  10  Sept.,  1843,  at  Newbury. 

47.  Mary  Anna  Feltch,  born  at  Newbury,  10  Sept., 
1843  ;  died  at  Newburyport,  6  Aug.,  1894  ;  married  at 
Newburyport,  6  Sept.,  1863,  Nathaniel  Henry  Pettingell, 
who  was  bom  in  Newbur}'^,  11  Sept.,  1835,  and  died  in 
South  Newmarket,  N.  H.,  12  Nov.,  1874.  He  was  the  son 
of  Cutting  (Josiah,  Cutting,  Nathaniel,  Matthew,  Rich- 
ard) Pettingell  and  his  wife  Olive  (John)  Smith  of  New- 
buryport. Both  are  buried  in  Oak  Hill  Cemetery,  New- 
buryport. 

Children,  born  in  Newburyport:  — 

48.  Agnes  Leah,  b.  17  May,  1866;  d.  at  Newburyport,  27  July,  1880. 

49.  Frank  Hekvey,  b.  2  Jan.,  1868. 

50.  Walter  Feltch,  b.  and  d.  10  Mar.,  1869,  at  Newburyport. 
61.  Willie  Feltch,  b.  and  d.  25  Sept.,  1869,  at  Newburyport. 

52.  Walter  Joseph,   b.  2  Jan.,  1871;  d.   29  Sept.,    1911,  at  New- 

buryport. 

53.  Cutting,  b.  24  Dec,  1872. 


The  compiler,  Frank  Hervey  Pettingell,  of  Los  Angeles, 
Cal.,  is  indebted  to  W.  Ferrand  Felch,  Columbus,  Ohio — 
the  original  genealogist  of  the  Felch  family — for  much 
information  contained  in  this  article,  especially  relating  to 
the  first  and  second  generations. 


DOCUMENTS  RELATING  TO  MARBLEHEAD, 

MASS. 


(  Continued  from  Volume  L  VI,  page  80.') 


In  the  House  of  Representatives,  November  12,1706. 

Whereas,  July  the  13th,  1706,  this  House  upon  the 
Examination  of  the  Province  Treasurers  Accompts,  found 
severall  sums  of  money  drawn  out  of  the  Treasury,  which 
were  not  allowed  by  this  House,  and  therefore  grievous 
to  them  thereupon  manifested  their  Desire,  that  no  more 
of  the  like  nature,  should  be  drawn  by  the  order  of  his 
Excellency  &  Council,  without  the  Consent  of  said  House, 
amongst  which  grievances  was  the  maintaining  ten  men  at 
Salem  Fort  which  this  House  thought  proper  for  said 
Town  to  support,  if  they  Judged  it  needful!,  and  others 
at  Marblehead. 

This  House  having  now  made  Inquiry  of  the  Treasurer 
of  what  may  be  our  charge,  that  is  needfuU,  to  Print,  & 
emit  Bills  for  Payment  of,  the  charge  of  those  two  places 
are  Inserted,  which  this  House  have  not  yet  allowed. 

Resolved  That  said  sums  Demanded  for  the  support  of 
souldiers.  Posted  at  Salem  &  Marblehead,  untill  this 
House  have  had  the  charge  thereof  laid  before  them,  & 
have  Consented  unto  the  Muster  Rolls,  that  may  be 
Brought  in,  be  not  allowed  by  His  Excellency  and  Coun- 
cill  at  Province  Charge. 

Thomas  Oakes  Speaker 

Nov.  12,  1706.     Brought  in  and  Read  in  Council 

Mass.  Archives^  vol.  71,  p.  271. 

To  his  Excellency  Joseph  ^Dudley  Esq.  Captain  Gener- 
all  &  Governor  in  Chief  in  and  over  her  Majesties  Prov- 
ince of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  England,  in  Coun- 
cill  and  to  the  Honorable  lious  of  Representatives  in 
General  Court  Conveined. 

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DOCUMENTS   BELATING   TO   MARBLEHEAD,   MASS.     157 

The  Petition  of  Capt.  John  Galley  of  Marblehead,  At- 
torney to  Nicholas  Andrews. 

Humbly  sheweth 

That  whereas  Nicholas  Andrews  of  Marblehead  com- 
menced an  action  of  trespas  upon  the  case  against  Phillip 
English  at  Ipswich  in  the  County  of  Essex  the  first  Tues- 
day of  March  last  for  divers  goods  and  merchandizes  and 
recovered  judgment  for  said  merchandizes  &c.  as  per  the 
Judgement  appears.  That  the  said  Phillip  English  ap- 
pealed from  the  Inferior  Courts  Judgment  to  the  Superior 
Court  of  Judicature  to  be  holden  at  Ipswich  aforesaid  the 
2d  Tuesday  in  May  and  pending  the  appeale  the  partyes 
submitted  the  Controversy  to  the  Arbitrament  &  award 
of  Capt.  Andrew  Belcher  Esq.  &  Mr.  Samuell  Lillie,  & 
gave  them  time  til  the  tenth  of  last  June  to  make  and 
deliver  the  same. 

That  the  partyes  concerned  mett  the  Arbitrators  in  or- 
der to  determine  the  difference  about  the  9th  of  last  June 
when  the  partyes  were  heard  &  the  Arbitrators  desireing 
further  time  til  the  last  of  June  the  partyes  by  Consent 
enlarged  the  time  in  their  Bonds  of  Arbitration  but  thro 
the  defect  or  designe  of  the  said  Phillip  English  who  never 
afterwards  would  meet,  or  his  Arbitrator  Mr.  Lillie  for 
him,  the  whole  matter  dropt  to  the  ground,  and  the  said 
Phillip  English  knowing  the  superior  Court  to  be  over 
&  that  the  said  Nicholas  Andrews  could  not  have  the . 
benefitt  of  the  Inferiour  Courts  Judgment  nor  any  Com- 
plaint to  assume  the  Judgment  in  the  Superiour  Court  for 
want  of  the  Appellants  prosecuting  the  said  Appeal,  takes 
advantage  thereof  utterly  refuseing  to  satisfy  the  said 
Judgment  supposing  the  said  Andrews  to  be  now  without 
remedy  Your  Petitioner  as  Attorney  &  in  behalfe  of  the 
said  Andrews  prays  that  he  may  have  the  benefitt  of  the 
said  Judgement  that  Execucon  may  be  forthwith  awarded 
thereon,  or  that  your  Petitioner  may  be  otherwise  releived 
in  the  premisses  as  to  this  Honorable  Court  shall  seem 
meet  &  just. 

And  your  Petitioner 
John  Calley  aturney  to  Nickolos  Andrews 

In  the  House  of  Representatives 
Aug.  14,  1706.     Read  &  Committed 


168     DOCUMENTS   RELATING   TO   MARBLBHBAD,   MASS. 

15  Aug.  Read  &  In  answer  to  the  within  Petition 
Ordered  that  Mr.  Philip  English  be  notified  with  a  copy 
of  the  same  to  give  reason  if  any  he  have  before  this 
Court,  next  Saturday  the  17th  instant  why  said  Cawley 
shall  not  have  the  benefit  of  the  Judgement  of  Court 
Granted  against  him  the  said  English  at  Ipswich  the  26th 
March  1706  by  Taking  out  Execution  thereon  to  the  Sat- 
isfaction thereof,  said  English  not  having  prosecuted  his 
Appeal  from  said  Judgement  of  said  Court  to  the  Supe- 
rior Court,  in  the  month  of  May  last  which  he  appealed 
unto. 

Sent  up  for  Concurrence 

Thomas  Oakes  Speaker, 

20  August  In  Council  Read  and  disagreed  and  Or- 
dered That  the  Petitioner  be  Enabled  to  Enter  his  Com- 
plaint in  the  next  Superior  Court  of  Judicature  to  be 
holden  within  the  County  of  Essex  for  affirming  the 
Judgment  of  the  Inferior  Court  as  the  Law  directs,  And 
the  Justices  of  the  Superior  Court  are  Impowered  to  re- 
ceive the  same  and  to  do  therein  what  to  Justice  apper- 
taines  ;  notwithstanding  the  Court  appealed  to  be  past. 
And  that  the  adverse  party  be  served  with  a  Copy  of  this 
Order  fourteen  days  before  the  sitting  of  the  said  Supe- 
riour  Court. 

Sent  down  for  concurrance. 

Isaac  Addington  Secretary. 

20  August  1706.     Read  1st  &  2d  time,  &  passed. 

In  the  house  of  Representatives  Passed  Concurrance. 

Thomas  Oakes  Speaker. 
Mass,  Archives^  vol.  40,  p.  869. 

To  his  Excellency  Joseph  Dudley  Esquire  Captain  gen- 
eral, Governour  in  chiefe  in  and  over  her  Majesties  Prov- 
ince of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  the  honoble  the  Councill 
and  Representatives  in  generall  Court  assembled. 

The  humble  Peticon  of  Phillip  English  of  Salem  in 
the  County  of  Essex  Merchant  Sheweth 

That  one  Nicholas  Andrews  of  Marblehead  Marriner  at 
an  Inferiour  Court  of  Comon  pleas  held  at  Ipswich  for 
the  County  of  Essex  in  the  Month  of  March  1706  recov- 


DOCUMBNTS  BELATING  TO   MARBLEHBAD,   MASS.     159 

ered  Judgement  in  an  Accon  of  Trover  against  your  Pe- 
titioner for  sundry  goods  money  and  Merchandize  sued  for 
from  which  Judgment  your  Peticoner  appealed  and  En- 
tred  into  recognizants  to  prosecute  his  Appeal  with  effect 
and  pursuant  thereto  filed  his  reasons  of  Appeal  in  due 
time  the  Court  appealed  to  as  by  the  papers  annexed  will 
appeare. 

That  before  the  sitting  of  the  superiour  Court  appealed 
to  Captain  Cawley  Attorney  to  said  Andrews  agreed  to 
submitt  the  matters  in  difference  to  the  Arbitracon  of 
Messiers  Belcher  and  Lillie  and  persuant  thereto  said 
Cawley  and  your  Petitioner  entered  into  an  Agreement 
under  their  hands  and  filed  the  same  with  the  Clerke  of 
the  said  Inferiour  Court  signifieing  thereby  that  they  had 
agreed  to  ref err  said  Cause  to  Arbitracon  and  that  noe 
advantage  should  be  taken  by  the  Judgement  or  the 
recognizance  for  the  Appeal  as  aforesaid,  as  by  a  true 
coppy  hereto  annexed  of  the  said  agreement  may  alsoe 
appeare. 

That  pending  the  Arbitracon  the  Superior  Court  ap- 
pealed to  elapsed,  after  which  noe  Award  being  made  the 
said  Captain  Cawley  as  Attorney  to  said  Andrews  pre- 
ferred a  Peticon  to  this  honoble  Court  suggesting  [that  ?] 
as  if  your  Peticoner  thro  designe  had  purposely  been  the 
occasion  there  was  noe  Award  made  and  therefore  prayed 
to  have  the  benefitt  of  said  Judgement  and  Execucon — 
forthwith  thereupon  or  to  be  otherwise  releived  etc.  And 
thereupon  obtained  an  Order  in  August  1706  to  Enable 
him  to  enter  his  Complaint  in  the  next  Superiour  Court 
to  be  held  for  the  County  of  Essex  (without  any  notice 
to  your  Peticoner  to  defend  himself)  and  persuant  there- 
to at  the  next  superiour  Court  held  at  Salem  in  November 
last  filed  his  Complaint  which  Court  continued  the  same 
upon  advisement  untill  May  last  when  Judgement  was 
entered  up  against  your  Peticoner  thereupon,  without  any 
further  Tryall. 

Now  forasmuch  may  it  please  your  Excellency  and 
Honours  that  by  such  Judgement  your  Peticoner  is  utter- 
ly defeated  of  the  benefitt  of  his  said  Appeal  and  thereby 


160     DOCUMENTS   RELATING  TO   MARBLEHEAD,   MASS. 

extremely  wronged  contrary  to  the  intent  of  the  Lav?^ 
haveing  performed  everything  to  be  by  him  performed 
and  your  petitioner  is  no  wise  to  Fault  or  Blame  that  there 
was  no  award  made  or  that  the  matter  did  not  proceed  to 
Tryall  at  the  Superiour  Court  on  the  appeal  B[y?]  the 
said  Captain  Galley  in  Truth  the  occasion  if  not  the  Con- 
triver of  it  as  the  arbitrators  in  part  Certify  and  shall 
otherwise  be  more  fully  proved  by  your  petitioner 

Wherefore  your  Petitioner  most  humbly  Supplicates 
this  Great  and  Genera  11  Assembly  to  give  him  some  Releif 
in  the  premises  And  that  ...  At  the  least  your  wronged 
Petitioner  may  be  Enabled  at  the  Next  Superiour  Court 
of  Judicature  Holden  in  the  County  of  Essex  to  have  his 
original  Appeal  Brought  forward  and  the  Cause  as  to  the 
meritts  Tryed  again  By  the  Court  and  Jury  and  that  In 
the  Mean  time  Execution  may  be  stayed  on  the  Judge- 
ment which  the  said  Andrews  has  so  wrongfully  obtained 
against  your  Petitioner. 

And  Your  Petitioner  as  in  Duty  Bound 
Shall  Ever  pray 

Philip  English 

In  Council  5  June  1707. 

Read  and  Ordered  That  the  Petitioner  cause  the  Ad- 
verse party  to  be  served  with  a  Copy  of  this  Peticon  and 
that  he  have  Liberty  to  be  heard  at  the  next  Session  of 
this  Court ;  And  that  Execution  be  stayd  in  the  mean 
time. 

Isaac  Addington  Secretary. 

Sent  down  for  concurrance. 

In  the  House  of  Representatives 
June  6,  1707.     Read  and  Passed  a  Concurrence   the   day 
of  the  hearing  to  be  the  first  friday 

John  Burrill  Speaker. 

Mass.  Archives^  vol.  40,  pp.  893-4' 
(To  he  continued') 


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Vol.  LVI  July,  1920  No.  3 


WILLIAM  PHINEAS  UPHAM. 


A  MEMOIR   BY    ROBERT   S.   RANTOUL. 


Amongst  the  little  group  of  worthies  to  whose  efforts, 
in  the  main,  the  Essex  Institute  owes  its  present  standing, 
the  name  of  William  Phineas  Upham  holds  a  foremost 
place.  He  will  be  remembered  as  a  conspicnous  servant, 
as  well,  both  of  the  County  and  of  the  State,  and  it  is  fit 
that  our  Historical  Collections  should  record  his  interest- 
ing career.^ 

Mr.  Upham  took  his  degree  at  Cambridge  in  the  summer 
of  1856,  and  came  to  reside  at  Salem,  where  he  had  been 
born,  January  19,  1836.  The  year  1856  marked  an  epoch 
in  the  life  of  the  Institute.  Founded  eight  years  before, 
it  had  struggled  on,  sustained  mainly  by  the  enthusiasm 
and  diligence  of  Doctor  Wheatland  and  the  contributions 
of  a  few  of  his  well-to-do  friends,  until  the  Plummer 
bequest  came  to  hand  and  at  last  provided  permanent 
quarters  in  the  new  Athenseum  Building.  The  writer 
recalls  the  urgency  which  Upham,  who  was  already  en- 
listed, employed  in  efforts  to  secure  his  help.  The  Asiatic 
Block  was  just  finished,  and  David  Roberts,  afterwards 
Mayor,  had  an  office  on  its  third  floor,  where  Upham,  in 
1856,  began  the  study  of  the  law.     Messrs.  Phillips  and 

•The  Massachusetts  Historical  Society  printed,  in  Janaary,  1910,  a 
memoir  of  him  which  preserves  most  of  the  needful  data  for  such 
a  record,  and  this  material  that  Society  has  courteously  placed  at 
our  service. 

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162  WILLIAM  PHINEAS   UPHAM 

Gillis  occupied  another  office  on  that  floor,  in  which  the 
writer,  on  his  admission  to  the  bar  in  1856,  enjoyed  the 
privilege  of  a  desk. 

A  turn  for  antiquarian  research  was  in  the  blood.  His 
father,  Charles  Wentworth  Upham,  a  Harvard  graduate 
of  1821,  was  for  twenty  years  pastor  of  the  historic  First 
Church  of  Salem.  Among  many  civic  honors  which  he 
enjoyed  were  a  seat  in  the  Massachusetts  Constitutional 
Convention  of  1853,  the  presidency  of  our  State  Senate, 
and  a  seat  in  Congress.  He  had  been  mayor  of  Salem. 
But  his  bent  was  for  literature  and  study.  He  had  been 
the  president  of  Harvard  Chapter  Alpha  of  the  Phi  Beta 
Kappa  Society,  and  of  the  older  organization,  the  Insti- 
tute of  1770,  and  later  a  copious  contributor  to  various 
literary  and  historical  publications.  He  was  a  lecturer 
before  the  Lowell  Institute,  and  also  in  behalf  of  the 
Board  of  Education  in  an  effort  to  commend  to  public 
favor  the  Common-School  System.  He  became  an  early, 
constant,  and  valued  promoter  of  the  work  of  the  Essex 
Institute  when  that  body  in  its  formative  years  craved 
every  one's  support.  He  was  allied,  as  his  middle  name 
suggests,  with  the  distinguished  family  of  Wentworth, 
and  was  born  at  St.  John,  New  Brunswick,  of  a  stock 
since  colonial  times  identified  with  Massachusetts.  His 
father,  Joshua  Upham,  a  native  of  Brookfield,  was  a  Har- 
vard graduate  of  1763,  an  attorney-at-law  in  Boston  and 
New  York,  and  later  a  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
New  Brunswick,  from  the  organization  of  that  Province. 
Six  generations  of  New  England  deacons  and  Indian- 
fighters  ranged  themselves  behind  him.  His  chief  works 
were  his  account,  in  two  volumes,  of  the  witchcraft  delu- 
sion at  Salem,  and  the  three  concluding  volumes  with 
which  he  supplemented  Octavius  Pickering's  opening 
chapters  of  the  life  of  Timothy  Pickering. 

The  mother  of  the  subject  of  this  memoir  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Doctor  Abiel  Holmes,  for  forty  years  the  vener- 
ated pastor  of  the  First  Church  at  Cambridge, — a  pioneer 
in  American  historical  writing.  He  was  a  graduate  of 
Yale  and  an  honorary  Artium  Magiiter  and  overseer  of 
Harvard.  His  father  had  been  a  provincial  captain  in 
the  French  and    Indian  War.     John    Holmes,  the  great- 


A  MEMOIR  BY   ROBERT  S.   BANTOITL  168 

grandfather  of  Doctor  Abiel  Holmes,  had  removed  from 
Roxbury  to  become  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  Wood- 
stock, in  Connecticut,  and  there  Doctor  Abiel  Holmes, 
the  annalist,  was  born.  He  had  married,  first,  a  daughter 
of  Ezra  Stiles, — an  earlier  and  no  less  distinguished  New 
England  chronicler,  diarist,  historian,  and  scholar,  «*  ac- 
counted, both  at  home  and  abroad,  as  the  most  learned 
and  accomplished  divine  of  the  day  in  this  country,"  and 
the  long-time  president  of  Yale.  The  second  wife  of 
Doctor  Abiel  Holmes  was  Sarah,  a  daughter  of  Judge 
Oliver  Wendell, — a  pre-revolutionary  Boston  merchant, 
colonel,  executive  councillor,  and  judge  of  probate, — and 
she  was  the  mother  of  his  children.  Anne  Bradstreet, 
called  in  Mather's  Magnalia  "The  Tenth  Muse," — the 
daughter  of  one  colonial  governor  and  the  wife  of 
another, — was  counted  among  the  ancestry  of  Doctor 
Abiel  Holmes,  as  well  as  of  Judge  Oliver  Wendell,  con- 
tributing of  her  gifts  and  graces  to  the  common  stock. 
Her  descendant,  Mrs.  Upham,  was  no  stranger  to  the 
graces  of  the  pen.  In  1861  she  dedicated  to  the  Salem 
Drill  Club,  in  which  one  of  her  sons  was  leaving  home 
for  the  front,  a  spirited  ode,  written  to  "Scots  wha  hae 
wi'  Wallace  bled !"  the  refrain  of  which  was  "Forward  ! 
Every  Man !" 

So  that  young  Upham  came,  on  either  side,  of  the  best 
New  England  blood.  His  middle  name,  Phineas,  which 
means  "first-born,"  Mr.  Upham  derived  from  a  Lieutenant 
Phineas  Upham, — the  first  Upham  born  in  New  England, 
who  perished  in  1675,  in  the  Swamp  Fight  with  the  Nar- 
ragansetts.     The  name  recurs  through  all  the  generations. 

When  Mr.  Upham  was  growing  up,  the  family  were 
living  on  the  site  of  the  home  from  which,  in  1692,  Brid- 
get Bishop  had  been  dragged  forth  to  suffer  death  by 
process  of  law  for  her  alleged  complicity  with  the  powers 
■of  evil.  Just  across  the  way  was  the  site  of  the  residence 
of  that  pastor  of  the  First  Church  who  had  denounced 
and  excommunicated  the  accused,  and  opened  with  prayer 
the  witchcraft  trials.  Mr.  Upham's  father,  then  in  the 
same  pulpit,  was  deeply  immersed  in  examining  the  oc- 
cult phenomena  of  witchcraft,  and  had  already  delivered, 
before  the  Salem  Lyceum,   a   course   of  lectures  on  the 


164  WILLIAM   PHINEA8   UPHAM 

engaging  theme,  afterwards  developed,  through  two  edi- 
tions, into  his  standard  historical  treatment  of  the  terrible 
delusion.  The  young  son's  active  fancy  was  not  slow  to 
enlist  him  in  the  local  researches  incident  to  his  father's 
work.  Probably  no  other  scholar  ever  made'  himself  so 
thoroughly  familiar  with  the  situs  of  the  witchcraft  frenzy, 
and  the  documents  relating  to  it.  When  the  final  edition 
of  1867  reached  the  press,  the  critical  examination  of 
court  records  and  of  real  estate  titles  contributed  by  the 
son,  and  represented  throughout  the  book  by  plans  and 
maps  and  topographical  statements,  had  become  so  salient 
a  feature  of  the  work  as  to  make  it  felt  by  his  friends 
that,  but  for  the  ties  of  blood,  the  generous  acknowledg- 
ment by  the  author  would  have  been  still  more  emphatic. 
An  amusing  incident,  perhaps  not  wholly  out  of  place 
even  in  a  paper  of  this  nature,  shows  the  extent  to  which 
young  Upham  had,  early  in  life,  become  imbued  with  the 
atmosphere  of  the  paternal  roof.  I  was  sitting  by  the 
mother,  at  a  Salem  Infantry  dance  in  Hamilton  Hall,  dur- 
ing my  law-school  days,  and  I  called  her  attention  to  the 
evident  enjoyment  which  her  son  was  deriving  from  the 
scene.  "My  dear  sir,"  Mrs.  Upham  replied,  "no  one  can 
imagine  the  relief  I  feel  to  see  William  show  any  interest 
in  a  woman  who  has  been  born  since  1640  !"  Mr.  John 
Noble  confirms  this  view,  in  writing  of  Mr.  Upham  just 
after  his  death.  "I  knew  little,"  he  says,  "of  his  personal 
life.  He  never  spoke  of  it,  and  though  we  were  together 
all  those  twenty  years,  it  was  only  his  work  on  the 
Records  that  we  talked  about, — the  doings  of  two  centu- 
ries ago." 

With  such  antecedents  and  with  such  hereditary  lean- 
ings, young  Upham  was  fitted  for  Cambridge  in  the  ex- 
cellent Salem  schools  of  his  day,  passed  through  Har- 
vard with  credit,  and  took  his  bachelor's  degree,  in  due 
course,  in  1856,  with  a  class  which  counted  in  its  mem- 
bership such  conspicuous  citizens  as  Charles  Francis 
Adams,  Stephen  Salisbury,  George  Dexter  Robinson,  and 
Jeremiah  Smith.  While  in  college  Mr.  Upham  had  taught 
a  district  school — a  common  practice  of  the  time — in 
Canton  for  a  winter  or  two.  He  read  law  in  the  Salem 
offices  of  David  Roberts,  a  writer  on  admiralty  law,  after- 


A  MEMOIR  BY  ROBERT  S.    RANTOUL  165 

wards  mayor  of  Salem,  and  of  William  Gardner  Choate, 
later  a  judge  of  the  Federal  District  Court  in  New  York 
City.  Mr.  Upham  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  in  1859,  and 
opened  offices  successively  in  Danvers  and  in  Salem,  de- 
voting himself  mainly  to  practice  in  the  Probate  Court. 
From  this  time  on  he  was  gaining  a  minute  acquaintance 
with  the  ancient  probate  records  of  Essex  County,  thus 
unwittingly  fitting  himself,  before  undertaking  his  labors 
in  the  sefvice  of  the  Commonwealth,  for  the  stupendous 
task  of  classifying  and  indexing  the  vast  and  ever-growing 
accumulations  which  congest  our  files. 

If  Mr.  Upham  was  at  all  times  without  a  stock  of  re- 
served strength  upon  which  to  draw,  he  made  up  for  the 
lack  of  it  by  his  nervous  energy,  his  cheerful  temper  and 
his  high  spirits.  I  had  an  interview  with  his  distin- 
guished uncle,  not  long  before  his  death.  Doctor  Holmes 
told  me  that  he  had  but  recently  tested  the  nephew's 
physical  condition — that  it  was  hopeless,  and  that  he  could 
not  give  him  six  months  to  live.  But  the  nephew  was 
found  in  his  place  with  the  group  that  gathered  at  the 
uncle's  grave  and  outlived  him  by  a  dozen  years.  Says 
Mr.  Noble,  who  watched  with  a  discerning  eye  Mr.  Up- 
ham's  waning  strength,  "Nothing  but  his  inflexible  deter- 
mination and  his  indomitable  courage  carried  him  through, 
sustained  by  the  unremitting  devotion  of  his  wife.  .  .  . 
Courage  and  pluck  were  marked  characteristics  from  boy- 
hood. His  companions,  from  the  early  days,  recall  him  as 
a  leader  and  champion  among  them.  His  slight  frame 
never  excluded  him  from  the  ranks  of  the  foremost." 

The  extinguishment  of  fires  was  not,  before  the  Civil 
War,  the  purely  mechanical  process  it  has  now  become, 
but  rather  partook  of  the  nature  of  a  neighborly,  social 
function,  as  had  been  still  more  the  case  in  the  century 
before  1750,  when  the  whole  town,  women  and  all,  took 
a  hand  at  a  fire.  Afterwards  select  fire  clubs  knitted  to- 
gether the  best  citizenship  of  the  place,  and  pledged  the 
best  efforts  of  every  club-man  in  behalf  of  his  threatened 
neighbor.  Fire  clubs  originated  with  Franklin  in  Phila- 
delphia in  1737.  The  Essex  Institute  has  printed  a  mon- 
ograph^  on  the  early   Fire  Clubs   of  Salem, — sixteen  of 

'Hist.  Coll.  Essex  Institnte,  zzxix,  22,  23. 


166  WILLIAM  PHINEAS   TTPHAM 

them  between  1783  and  1832.  In  it  occurs  this  signifi- 
cant reference  to  Mr.  Upham.  In  the  disastrous  Frank- 
^lin  Building  fire  of  October  21,  1860,  the  property  of  Mr. 
James  Emerton,  a  member  of  the  Naumkeag  Fire  Club, 
♦'was  greatly  imperilled  .  .  .  Mr.  Emerton's  store  was 
occupied  by  some  of  the  members  of  the  club  until  the 
fire  was  under  control."  The  secretary  of  the  club  (in 
his  official  record)  remarks :  "Extraordinary  efforts  in 
the  duties  belonging  to  the  practiced  fireman  were  made 
by  some  of  our  members.  On  this  occasion  the  efforts 
were  well  timed,  judicious  and  effective.  One  instance  of 
the  cool  bravery  and  energy  of  a  young  member,  one  who 
finds  his  A-lma  Mater  in  Old  Harvard,  may  be  particular- 
ized. He  was  on  the  roof  .  .  .  spreading  sails  and  throw- 
ing buckets  of  water  on  them,  and  performing  this  duty 
with  the  same  composure  with  which  one  would  water  a 
flower-garden."  This  young  member  was  William  P. 
Upham.  The  secretary,  in  another  allusion  to  the  inci- 
dent, says,  Mr.  Upham  and  I  "held  the  sails  down  on  the 
roof  for  hours.  It  was  plain  that  he  was  a  much  bolder 
fireman  than  I.  It  was  a  cold,  drizzling  rain  storm  at  the 
time."  This  incident  in  the  life  of  a  young  man,  in  the 
frailest  health,  a  stranger  to  rough  work,  is  certainly 
noteworthy,  and  chimes  in  well  with  the  grit  he  showed 
in  later  life  when  he  would  come  toiling  up  my  office  stairs 
and  meet  my  greeting  with,  "Don't  you  think  I  am  doing 
pretty  well  to  keep  myself  above  ground  all  these  years  ?" 
Being  advised  that  practical  farming  held  out  some 
hopes  for  the  invigoration  of  his  health,  he  secured  a 
modest  acreage  in  West  Peabody,  where  he  could  live 
within  easy  reach  of  the  Registry  of  Deeds  and  the  Pro- 
bate Offices  at  Salem,  and  at  the  same  time  might,  Antaeus- 
like, keep  in  touch  with  Mother  Earth, — might  watch  his 
growing  crops  and  scent  the  new-mown  hay,  the  breath 
of  kine,  and  the  odors  of  the  fresh-turned  sod.  Later  it 
was  felt  that  a  drier,  inland  air  might  be  more  helpful 
still.  It  was  then  that  he  removed  his  residence  to  New- 
tonville,  forming  new  business  relations  under  Mr.  John 
Noble,  the  Clerk  of  the  Courts, — a  scholar  of  life-long 
antiquarian  tastes,  and  of  approved  judgment  in  histori- 
cal research, — at   that   time   much   engaged,  under   the 


A  MEMOIR   BY  ROBERT   8.  RANTOUL  167 

inspiring  auspices  of  the  late  Chief  Justice  Gray,  himself 
an  antiquary  of  no  mean  pretensions  (as  witness  the 
learned  note  appended  to  volume  ix.  of  Gray's  Supreme 
Court  Reports),  in  bringing  to  light  and  properly  arrang- 
ing, transcribing,  mounting  and  indexing  the  hidden 
treasures  of  the  court-house  vaults. 

Mr.  Upham's  contributions  to  the  volumes  of  the  Essex 
Institute,  dating  from  1863,  speak  for  themselves.  A 
mere  catalogue  of  them  is  all  that  space  will  warrant,  but 
the  student  of  ou:-  local  antiquities  will  ask  no  more. 
Besides  these  printed  contributions,  he  devoted  all  his 
leisure  to  an  endless  variety  of  official  work.  It  was  said 
of  his  uncle,  Doctor  Holmes,  that  through  most  of  his  life 
he  followed  four  laborious  professions,  either  of  which 
would  have  been  burden  enough  for  the  common  man. 
He  was  at  once  a  voluminous  writer,  a  ubiquitous  lyceum 
lecturer,  a  busy  family  physician,  and  a  working  professor 
at  the  Medical  School.  Upham  was  doing,  outside  of  his 
profession,  during  the  first  half  of  his  mature  years,  an 
amount  of  exacting  work  which  showed  once  more,  if  the 
demonstration  were  needed  after  Carlyle  and  Whittier, 
what  a  heavy  load  a  feeble  man  can  bear.  It  seemed  that 
whatever  no  one  else  was  at  hand  to  do,fell  to  him.  Dur- 
ing most  of  these  early  years  the  Institute  was  living 
from  hand  to  mouth,  wholly  without  funds,  and  resorting 
to  personal  solicitation  to  meet  specific  and  imperative 
demands.  In  May,  1863,  Mr.  Upham  became  a  member 
of  the  publication  committee  and  also  the  curator  of  man- 
uscripts, holding  the  latter  position  until  his  death  ;  and 
for  nineteen  years  he  served  as  librarian. 

Mr.  Upham's  first  printed  contribution  was  a  memoir  of 
General  John  Glover  of  Marblehead,  prompted  by  the 
interest  which  his  descendant,  Benjamin  Tyler  Reed,  a 
classmate  of  the  elder  Upham,  felt  in  his  distinguished 
ancestor,  and  this  interest  led  to  the  erection  of  the  statue 
of  Glover  which  stands  near  the  entrance  of  Common- 
wealth Avenue,  in  Boston.  He  early  enlisted  in  the  en 
terprise  of  publishing,  in  the  Institute  Bulletin,  a  critical 
account  of  the  first  houses  built  in  Salem, — a  series  of 
four  most  valuable  papers,  widely  quoted  and  later  repro- 
duced.    When  Mr.  Upham  completed  his  transcription  of 


168  WILLIAM  PHINEAS  TJPHAM 

the  Town  Records  of  Salem,  covering  the  years  from  1634 
to  1659, — the  first  ever  attempted, — it  was  at  once  put  in 
print,  as  a  part  of  volume  ix.  of  the  Institute's  Historical 
Collections,  and  has  been  ever  since  in  such  demand  that 
the  book  may  generally  be  recognized  on  the  shelf 
from  its  being  either  newly  bound  or  without  whole 
covers.  His  numerous  communications  indicate  the  trend 
of  his  thought  and  show  what  an  indefatigable  worker  he 
was.  Among  them  may  be  mentioned  an  account  of  the 
dedication  of  the  Rebecca  Nourse  Monument,  the  erection 
of  which  was  due  to  him  ;i  the  Beverly  First  Church 
Records,  carefully  copied  by  him,  which  appeared  in  six 
successive  volumes  of  the  Institute  Collections ;  Craft's 
Journal  of  the  Siege  of  Louisburg,  with  notes  ;  Deposi- 
tions relating  to  Philip  English  and  the  Witchcraft  Delu- 
sion ;  a  History  of  Stenography ;  an  Account  of  the 
Dwelling  Houses  of  Francis  Higginson,  Samuel  Skelton, 
Roger  Williams,  and  Hugh  Peter  ;  a  Letter  of  Samuel 
Sewall,  with  a  biographical  sketch ;  Extracts  from  Letters^ 
written  at  the  time  of  the  occupation  of  Boston  by  the 
British  ;  Papers  relating  to  the  Reverend  Samuel  Skel- 
ton ;  Papers  relating  to  a. Suit,  in  1664,  between  John 
Pickering  and  the  owners  of  the  "New  Mill,"  now  the 
"City  Mills,"  in  Salem  ;  the  Pedigree  of  the  "Browne 
Family"  ;  Records  of  the  First  Church  at  Salisbury,  1687- 
1805 ;  Notes  on  the  Report  as  to  the  authenticity  of  the 
First  Meeting  House  in  Salem. 

The  estimate  in  which  Mr.  Upham  was  held  by  the 
Essex  Institute  is  attested  by  the  Memorial  of  its  Board 
of  Directors,  recording  "their  appreciation  of  that  de- 
voted interest  which  he  constantly  displayed  toward  the 
Institute,"  and  referring  to  his  long  and  valuable  aid 
freely  given  as  Librarian  to  "Doctor  Wheatland,  in  fos- 
tering the  growth  of  a  collection  which  has  now  become 
one  of  the  largest  and  most  important  in  the  country," 
and  to  **his  frequent  contributions  to  the  Historical  Col- 

*He  had  married,  December  1,  1880,  Cynthia  Bailey  Nourse,  a 
lineal  descendant  of  Rebecca  Nourse',  the  witchcraft  victim  com- 
memorated by  Whittier. 

The  monument  stands  on  the  Nourse  homestead  estate  in  Dan« 
vers. 

''Largely  Wendell  family  letters. 


A  MEMOIR   BY  ROBERT   S.   RANTOUL  169 

lections  of  the  Institute,"  which  "aided  materially  in 
placing  them  among  the  more  important  publications  of 
the  Learned  Societies  of  the  United  States,"  and  to  "his 
punctilious  exactness,  his  courtesy,  and  his  cheerful 
readiness  to  be  of  service  at  all  times  to  the  Society  and 
to  his  associates."  A  report  of  his  doings  as  Curator  of 
Manuscripts  for  forty-one  years,  which  proved  to  be  his 
last  report,  is  printed  in  the  proceedings  of  the  Annual 
Meeting  of  the  Institute  in  May,  1905. 

Mr.  Upham  was  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  His- 
torical Society,  of  the  Essex  Institute,  and  of  the  Ameri- 
can Library  Association,  a  corresponding  member  of  the 
Rhode  Island  Historical  Society,  and  a  life  member  of 
the  American  Historical  Association.  He  never  cared  to 
extend  his  membership  to  other  societies,  though  invited, 
saying  that  he  could  not  attend  to  more.  He  was  an 
honorary  member  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  Chapter  Alpha, 
of  Harvard  University. 

He  was  elected  a  Resident  Member  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Historical  Society,  November  11,  1875,  and  was  a 
most  interested  and  valued  member  to  the  end  of  his 
life.  His  contributions  were  numerous  and  important, — 
sometimes  of  manuscripts  and  documents,  sometimes  of 
brief  notes  and  references,  sometimes  of  elaborate  and 
exhaustive  papers.  To  recount  some  of  the  titles  will 
show  their  extent  and  variety  ;  among  them  were  helio- 
type  copies  of  papers  relating  to  Major  Robert  Pike ; 
Winthrop's  chart  of  1630,  and  his  map  of  eastern  Massa- 
chusetts ;  shorthand  in  Lawrence  Hammond's  Journal ; 
Governor  Leverett's  instructions  to  Captain  Daniel  Hench- 
man ;  shorthand  in  one  of  Jonathan  Danforth's  plans ; 
the  Suffolk  Court  Files  ;  manuscripts  in  custody  of  the 
Boston  Athenaeum  ;  the  Canada  expedition  of  1747  ;  book 
of  copies  of  Edward  Taylor ;  shorthand  of  Jonathan 
Edwards  ;  works  in  the  Library  on  shorthand ;  Memoir 
of  John  Glen  King,  and  Memoir  of  Henry  Wheatland. 

Before  approaching  what  may  well  be  accounted  as  Mr. 
Upham's  life-work,  and  which  fortunately  Mr.  Noble,  be- 
fore his  illness,  was  able  for  the  most  part  to  describe  in 
words  so  well  chosen  that  it  only  remains  for  me  to  make 
them  mine,  let  me  dwell  in  some  detail  on   Mr.  Upham's 


170  WILLIAM  PHINEAS  UPHAM 

labors  in  the  records  of  Essex  County,  and  on  his  life- 
long and  very  deep  interest  in  the  study  and  practice  of 
shorthand  writing.  Mr.  Upham's  interest  in  stenography 
and  its  cognate  branches  was  hereditary.  He  printed  his 
first  paper  on  the  subject  in  the  Essex  Institute  Histori- 
cal Collections  for  1877,  dealing  briefly  with  the  history 
of  the  art,  and  outlining  a  new  method  of  phonetic  short- 
hand devised  by  himself.  Another  paper  followed  in  the 
Proceedings  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society  for 
1892,  on  shorthand  in  Hammond's  Journal ;  a  third,  in 
1894,  on  the  shorthand  of  Jonathan  Edwards.  The  series 
closed  with  the  last  communication  he  laid  before  that 
Society,  in  which,  in  November,  1902,  he  reviewed  all  the 
works  on  the  subject  to  be  found  on  its  shelves. 

It  appears  that  his  great-grandmother  Holmes  used 
some  system  of  shorthand,  that  she  sat  under  the  preach- 
ing of  Doctor  D wight,  and  that  she  reported  his  sermons, 
the  first  woman-stenographer  on  record  in  New  England. 
It  appears  that  Governor  Endecott  used  a  shorthand 
method  of  his  own  in  his  court  records,  and  elsewhere, 
and  that  Governor  Bradstreet  reported  the  witchcraft 
trials  in  shorthand.  The  Salem  town  clerk,  Ralph  Fogg, 
and  the  parson  of  Salem  Village,  the  Reverend  Samuel 
Parris,  both  used  shorthand.  It  was  a  rather  common 
accomplishment  with  people  of  quality  in  those  days,  but 
each  writer  seems  to  have  indulged  himself  in  a  system  of 
his  own. 

The  Boston  Organ  of  Stenography  spoke  thus  of  Up- 
ham's work  in  its  sketch  of  him :  "In  his  death  the 
shorthand  profession,  and  particularly  those  who  are  in- 
terested in  the  history  and  literature  of  shorthand,  have 
suffered  an  irreparable  loss."  And  the  Federal  Bureau 
of  Education,  in  its  report  of  1884,  names,  in  its  catalogue 
of  recognized  systems  of  shorthand,  the  work  of  Upham. 
Of  course  all  this  life-long  study  of  the  theory  and  prac- 
tice of  phonetics,  the  fruit  of  which  must  for  the  most 
part  perish  with  him,  stood  him  in  good  stead  when  the 
time  came  for  him  to  decipher  manuscripts  of  the  colo- 
nial period  which  had  before  his  day  defied  interpretation. 
When  Worthington  C.  Ford,in  1902,  found  himself  unable 
to  interpret  the  Cotton  manuscript,  he  turned  in  his  need, 


A  MEMOIR  BY  BOBERT   S.   BANTOTJL  171 

he  says,  "to  Mr.  Upham, — to  the  one  man  who  is  so  en- 
tirely able  as  to  leave  no  doubt  of  the  correctness  of  his 
reading." 

Essex  is  the  maritime  county  of  Massachusetts.  One 
himdred  miles  of  the  county's  outline — about  two-thirds 
of  the  entire  boundary — are  washed  by  tide-water.  It 
has  five  good  harbors,  and  a  score  of  off-shore  islands  held 
by  every  sort  of  title.  Moreover,  the  lordly  Merrimac 
skirts  its  northern  frontier  for  thirty  miles,  with  the  inci- 
dents of  town-landings  and  rights  of  ferryage,  and  ancient 
mill-rights  attaching  to  it  and  to  its  tributary  streams. 
The  county,  too,  has  its  fair  share  of  the  "Great  Ponds" 
of  the  Commonwealth,  with  all  their  closely  guarded 
rights  of  fishing,  ice-cutting,  boating,  and  bathing.  In 
tracing  these  intricate  riparian  and  littoral  rights,  many 
of  them  relating  back  to  the  earliest  grants, — rights  to 
clam-fisheries  and  fresh- water  fisheries  and  tide-mill 
privileges,  and  ship-building  privileges,  with  beach-rights 
to  the  gathering  of  kelp  and  eelgrass,  and  to  the  husband- 
ing of  the  soil  of  mussel-beds  and  clam-flats,  and  rights 
of  water  supply,  these  last  vital  to  the  dozen  cities  and 
large  towns  of  the  county,  all  often  drawn  into  litigation, 
— no  county  affords  a  more  constant  field  for  the  antiquary 
who  is  also  a  lawyer.  In  this  field  the  average  practitioner 
is  none  too  well  equipped.  And  here  town  and  county 
officers,  and,  at  last,  the  Commonwealth,  found  them- 
selves inclined  to  turn  to  Mr.  Upham. 

Mr.  Upham's  specific  services  to  the  county  of  Essex 
were  threefold.  Between  1859  and  1884  he  revised  the 
Probate  indexes  for  the  two  centuries  embraced  between 
the  years  1638  and  1840,  grouping  surnames  alphabeti- 
cally in  consecutive  volumes  covering  convenient  periods 
of  years, — the  given  names  under  each  surname  being 
arranged  alphabetically  also, — and  introducing  a  system 
which  took  root  and  has  survived.  During  these  twenty- 
five  years  he  made  the  first  revised  index  of  grantors  and 
grantees  in  the  Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  covering  the 
years  from  1820  to  1855.  Before  this,  deeds  were  indexed 
in  the  order  in  which  they  were  received  for  record.  His 
system  was  adopted  and  ultimately  extended  through  the 


172  WILLIAM  PHINBAS   UPHAM 

earlier  and  the  later  years.  And  before  1869  he  com- 
pleted, for  the  County  Commissioners  of  Essex,  the 
mounting  of  sixteen  folio  volumes  of  the  early  Court  Files 
of  the  county.  The  extent  to  which  all  succeeding  prac- 
titioners at  the  bar  are  laid  under  obligations  by  this  rare 
demonstration  of  patience,  energy  and  skill,  is  best  appre- 
ciated by  those  conveyancers  who  had  occasion  to  look  up 
Essex  County  land  titles  and  probate  records  before  1860. 

For  the  last  twenty  years  of  his  life  Mr.  Upham  was 
engaged  in  the  office  of  the  clerk  of  the  Supreme  Judicial 
Court  for  Suffolk  County,  in  work  upon  what  have  been 
designated  as  the  "Early  Court  Files," — a  term  covering 
a  vast  agglomeration  of  papers  which  embrace  not  only 
the  files  of  the  highest  courts  of  the  Colony,  the  Prov- 
ince, and  the  Commonwealth  before  1800,  but  also  papers 
relating  to  other  courts  of  the  Colony  and  of  the  Prov- 
ince, as  well  as  both  originals  and  certified  copies  of 
records,  documents,  and  matter  of  various  sorts  which  had 
been  used  in,  or  come  into  the  possession  and  custody  of, 
the  Court  of  Assistants  and  the  Superior  Court  of  Judi- 
cature. An  exhaustive  description  of  them,  from  the  pen 
of  Mr.  Noble,  with  some  account  of  the  history  of  this 
unique  mass,  may  be  found  in  the  publications  of  the 
Colonial  Society  of  Massachusetts  (ill.  317).  The  man- 
uscripts were  in  bad  condition,  scattered  about  in  many 
places,  exposed  to  depredations  of  all  kinds,  and  to  ulti- 
mate loss.  Some  of  them  were  in  almost  the  last  stages 
of  decay.  Chief  Justice  Gray  had  long  been  specially 
interested  in  them,  and  anxious  that  measures  should  be 
taken  for  their  rescue  and  arrangement  for  convenient 
reference  and  use. 

Between  1875  and  1880  efforts  were  made,  by  the  Chief 
Justice  and  the  State  in  conjunction,  to  carry  out  this 
purpose,  but  delays  of  various  kinds  occurred,  and  it  was 
only  after  Judge  Gray  was  on  the  bench  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  the  United  States  that  the  object  was  attained, 
October,  1883,  an  order  passed  by  the  board  of  aldermen 
of  Boston,  acting  as  county  commissioners,  and  approved 
by  the  mayor,  provided  "that  the  clerk  of  the  Supreme 
Judicial  Court  of  Suffolk  be  authorized   to    arrange  con- 


A  MEMOIB  BY  ROBERT   S.   RANTOUL  173 

venieatly  for  examination  and  reference  the  early  files  in 
Suffolk  County."     An  appropriation  was  made,  and  the 
clerk  was  further  authorized  to  "employ  such  assistance 
as  will  be  required."     An  order   of  the  Supreme  Judicial 
Court,  through  its  then  Chief  Justice  Morton,  was  made, 
providing  that  its  clerk,  "in  pursuance   and    furtherance 
of  the  order  of  the   board    of  aldermen  ...  be  directed 
to  remove  all  the  court  tiles  and  papers   wheresoever  the 
same  may  be  ...  to  such  room  in  the  court  house  as  he 
may  be  authorized  to  take   for   the  purpose  of  carrying 
out  and  executing  said  order ;  and  to  take  all  necessary 
and  appropriate  measures  therefor."    A  room  in  the  court 
house  was  secured,  and  the  papers  brought  together  from 
their  various  places  of  deposit.     Their  volume  could  only 
be  estimated  roughly  in  terms  of  cubic  bulk.     A  general 
plan  of  operations  was  agreed  upon,  and  a  fit  person  was 
to  be  found  to  take  charge    of  the    immediate  details  of 
repairing,  reducing  to  order  and  mounting    this  heteroge- 
neous mass.     Mr.  Upham,  from    his   success   in   dealing 
with  the  sixteen   volumes   of  Essex    court   manuscripts, 
seemed  to  be  marked  out  for  this  work,   and  his  services 
were  secured.     In   December,    1883,  he  approached  the 
task  with  a  single  expert  assistant.     His  force  was  grad- 
ually increased  until   it   numbered   twelve.     The  papers 
were  first  arranged  by  centuries,    then    by   decades,  and 
finally  by  their  exact  dates.     Then  papers    belonging  to 
the  same  case,  or  relating   to    the   same    subject  matter, 
which  had  been  scattered  in  many  groups,  were  brought 
into  their  normal  relation.  Many  papers  were  badly  muti- 
lated, and  the  missing  fragments,  as  far  as    possible,  had 
to  be  found  and  put  in  place.  Often  they  were  crumbling 
to  pieces  and  so  frail  that  the  utmost  dexterity  and  deli- 
cacy of  handling  were  called  for.     Some  were  caked  into 
solid  paper  bricks,  to  be    sepai-ated    only    by  the  use  of 
solvents  and  by  patient  manipulation.     Extreme  care  and 
skill  were  everywhere  demanded. 

It  is  a  matter  of  deep  regret,  Mr.  Noble  feelingly  re- 
marks, that  Mr.  Upham  could  not  have  lived  to  see  the 
consummation  of  an  undertaking  that  was,  in  its  way, 
stupendous.     For  the  service  demanded  of  him  qualifica- 


174  WILLIAM   PHINBAS   UPHAM 

tions  which  aro  very  exceptional, — a  patience  that  never 
failed,  an  industry  that  never  flagged,  systematic  methods 
and  habits  never  intermitted,  high  standards  of  execution, 
broad  and  exact  knowledge  of  colonial  and  provincial 
history,  and  a  ready  familiarity  with  all  that  had  been 
written  concerning  it.  His  fitness  had  been  recognized 
by  his  classmate,  Governor  Robinson,  in  naming  him  on  a 
commission  to  systematize  the  State  Archives.  He  entered 
upon  the  service  with  an  enthusiasm  that  would  have  sus- 
tained him  to  the  end  had  not  the  time  come  when  shat- 
tered health  compelled  him  to  pause  and  finally  to  stop. 

The  work  upon  the  collection  of  "Early  Court  Files," 
so  called,  had  gone  on  without  interruption  for  more  than 
twenty-three  years.  When  finished,  the  collection  will 
contain — this  is  Mr.  Noble's  estimate — over  one  hundred 
and  twenty-five  thousand,  possibly  two  hundred  thousand, 
separate  cases  or  matters,  some  including  but  a  single  pa- 
per, some  fifty  and  upward,  and  a  few  from  one  hundred 
to  one  hundred  and  fifty.  The  whole  number  of  individ- 
ual papers  will  exceed  a  million.  When  Mr.  Noble  died, 
some  twelve  hundred  and  fifty  large  folio  volumes  were 
already  on  the  shelves,  and  probably  there  will  be,  in  the 
end,  nearly  or  quite  fifteen  hundred. 

Other  work  of  a  like  nature  was  going  on  during  these 
years  in  the  clerk's  office.  It  was  proposed  to  transcribe, 
print  and  distribute  the  records  of  the  courts  held  between 
1630  and  1692  by  the  Governor  and  Assistants,  this  being 
the  highest  judicial  tribunal  sitting  in  the  colony  from  the 
time  of  the  settlement  to  the  date  of  the  provincial  char- 
ter. Of  these  records  there  is  extant  a  single  complete 
volume,  bound  in  vellum, — mostly  in  Rawson's  hand- 
writing, and  well  preserved, — which  covers  the  dates  be- 
tween 1673  and  1692.  This  completes  the  line  of  records 
of  the  highest  court  from  1673,  through  the  Colony,  the 
Province,  and  the  Commonwealth,  to  the  present  day. 
Scattered  records  are  found  in  the  State  Archives  and 
elsewhere,  but  they  are  incomplete,  and  when  they  have 
been  reprinted  they  have  been  unsatisfactorily  transcribed. 
The  object  was  to  produce  a  consecutive,  reliable  account 
of  the  doings  of  our  highest  court   from   the  beginning. 


A  MBMOIB  BY  KOBBRT  S.  EANTOUL  175 

In  pursuance  of  this  design,  the  files  not  only  of  Suffolk 
but  of  Essex  and  Middlesex  as  well,  and,  in  fact,  of  the 
record  offices  of  the  Commonwealth  and  of  the  older 
States  of  the  Union,  were  ransacked,  that  nothing  might 
escape  notice  which  could  contribute  to  so  rare  a  consum- 
mation. It  was  found  advisable  to  begin  the  publication 
with  the  volume  in  the  clerk's  office  covering  the  period 
between  1673  and  1692,  though  this  was  the  latest  and 
not  the  Earliest  period  to  be  covered  by  the  research. 

This  had  been  a  long  desired  object.  The  volume  was 
too  valuable  and  too  frail  to  be  subjected  to  ordinary 
handling,  and  was  in  fact  a  sealed  book  to  all  not  versed 
in  archaic  penmanship.  A  copy  accordingly  had  been 
made  by  an  expert  some  years  before.  This  was  placed 
in  the  hands  of  the  printer,  and  at  this  stage  of  the  work 
the  services  of  Mr.  Upham  were  secured,  to  read  the  proof 
and  to  assist  in  other  ways.  Much  new  type  was  required 
for  special  characters,  and  here  Mr.  Upham's  experience 
and  taste  were  in  requisition.  While  the  printing  was 
going  on,  material  for  filling  the  gaps  was  collecting. 
Everything  outside  Massachusetts  in  record  offices  and 
elsewhere  had  already  been  secured.  The  second  volume, 
to  cover  the  years  from  1630  to  1643-44,  was  begun.  Mr. 
Upham  verified  the  copy  by  the  manuscripts  in  the  State 
Archives  and  by  the  Barlow  copy,  and  it  was  made  an 
exact  reproduction  so  far  as  manuscript  may  be  repro- 
duced in  print.  This  had  been  the  aim  throughout.  Many 
liberties  had  been  taken  in  making  the  reprint  in  the 
Massachusetts  Colony  Records.  Every  faulty  reading 
and  error  was  now  corrected,  and  absolute  accuracy  in 
every  point  is  believed  to  have  been  secured  in  these 
Records  of  the  Court  of  Assistants. 

Two  volumes  have  been  issued,  I.  in  1901  and  II.  in 
1904.  At  the  time  of  Mr.  Upham's  death  nearly  a  fourth 
of  volume  III.  was  in  plate  and  some  further  pages  were 
in  proof. 

It  was  in  his  work  on  these  volumes  that  Mr.  Upham 
took  especial  pride,  as  it  gave  full  play  to  his  rare  qualifi- 
cations. His  knowledge  of  early  colonial  history,  his  an- 
tiquarian tastes,,  and  his  untiring  research  were  of  a  unique 


176  WILLIAM   PHINEAS   UPHAM 

value.  The  merest  fragment  of  a  record  was  suggestive, 
and  there  was  at  once  a  recognition  of  what  it  represeu- 
ed  or  bore  upon,  and  where  something  might  be  found  to 
explain  and  illustrate  it. 

"But  for  his  faithful  and  invaluable  services  throughout 
the  more  than  twenty  years  we  worked  together,"  says 
Mr.  Noble  in  closing,  "the  perfection  of  accomplishment 
which  he  aimed  at,  in  the  details  of  all  this  work,  would 
have  been  impossible.  Here  was  the  almost  entire  occu- 
pation of  these  years  of  his  life,  and  he  regarded  the  re- 
sult as  his  best  monument  of  labor  and  achievement.  For 
that  reason  so  much  space  has  been  given  to  an  account 
of  it,  and  for  the  further  reason  that  nothing  illustrates 
better  his  habits  of  mind,  his  methods  of  work,  his  skill 
and  knowledge  in  his  chosen  field,  and  in  so  many  ways 
the  leading  characteristics  of  the  man." 


m 


STEAMER   "CARROLL"   built  in  1862 


STEAMER  "MERRIMACK"  built  in  1861 


SOME   ACCOUNT    OF   STEAM    NAVIGATION  IN 
NEW  ENGLAND. 


BY   FRANCIS   B.   0.   BRADLEE. 


'  (^Continued  from  Volume  LVI,  page  14^.^ 

During  1882  the  Boston  papers  advertised  the  screw 
steamer  "  Scud  "  as  "  running  regularly  between  Boston 
and  Halifax,  fare  $7,  Heath  and  Grier  agents,  50  Long 
Wharf." 

In  1888  the  Canada  Atlantic  S.  S.  Co.  Ltd.  was  formed 
and  had  the  well  known  steel  steamer  "  Halifax,"  built 
by  the  London  and  Glasgow  Shipbuilding  Co.  Ltd.,  of 
Glasgow,  Scotland.  She  was  1738  tons  gross,  250  feet  in 
length,  31  feet  beam,  and  was  fitted  with  a  modern  triple 
expansion  engine  of  390  nominal  horse-power.  Soon 
after  the  advent  of  the  "  Halifax,"  all  the  steamers  ply- 
ing between  Boston  and  Halifax  were  "  pooled,"  that  is, 
run  under  practically  the  same  management  to  avoid  the 
losses  due  to  needless  competition. 

The  steamship  "Olivette,"  previously  mentioned,  was,  in 
1892,  transferred  from  her  summer  Boston  and  Bar  Har- 
bor route  to  the  Boston  and  Halifax  line.  She  measured 
1611  tons  gross,  280  feet  long,  35  feet  beam,  with  a  triple 
expansion  engine  indicating  2500  horse-power.  Her  owner 
the  late  Henry  Bradley  Plant,  who  also  controlled  the 
railroads  in  Florida  bearing  his  name,  became  interested 
in  the  Canada  Atlantic  S.  S.  Co.,  and  its  name  was  changed 
to  the  Canada  Atlantic  and  Plant  S.  S.  Co.,  although  it 
was  commonly  called,  for  short,  the  Plant  line.  Mr.  Plant 
also  placed  his  steamer  "Florida,"  an  English  built  screw 
boat  of  1786  tons,  on  the  Halifax  and  Charlottetown  line, 
running  in  the  summer  with  the  "Olivette,"  so  that  dur- 
ing the  early  nineties  the  British  Provinces  were  for  the 
first  time  provided  with  a  really  high  class  service  from 
Boston.     At  the  outbreak  of  the  Spanish-American  war, 

(177) 


178  STEAM   NAVIGATION  IN    NEW  ENGLAND 

in  1898,  the  "Olivette"  was  chartered  by  the  United 
States  government,  and,  it  is  believed,  never  again  re- 
turned to  Boston. 

In  1896  Mr.  Plant  had  a  magnificent  steel  twin  screw 
steamer,  "La  Grande  Duehesse,"  built  by  the  Newport 
News  Shipbuilding  Co. ;  she  measured  '  5018  tons  gross, 
380  feet  in  length,  47  feet  beam,  28  feet  depth  of  hold, 
and  had  two  quadruple  expansion  engines  indicating  to- 
gether 6300  horse-power,  which  were  expected  to  drive 
the  ship  at  20  knots  an  hour.  "La  Grande  Duehesse" 
was  luxuriously  fitted  for  the  accommodation  of  700  pas- 
sengers, and  she  is  believed  to  have  been  one  of  the  first 
liners  ever  fitted  with  a  complete  telephone  system  con- 
necting every  stateroom.  It  was  intended  to  run  her  in 
the  winter  months  between  New  York  and  Charleston, 
S.  C,  where  connections  were  made  with  the  Plant  Rail- 
way System,  and  in  the  summer  she  plied  from  Boston  to 
Halifax  and  Charlottetown,  but  her  first  trip  on  that  route 
was  not  made  until  June,  1899. 

Unfortunately  this  fine  steamer  was  not  at  first  a  suc- 
cess from  the  point  of  view  of  speed,  due,  it  is  thought, 
to  the  abnormal  bossing  out  about  her  stern  in  the  origi- 
nal construction  of  the  twin  screw  arrangement.  Soon 
after  the  death  of  Mr.  Plant,  in  1899,  "  La  Grande 
Duehesse  "  was  sold  to  the  Savannah  line  and  renamed 
"City  of  Savannah"  II.  After  several  years  of  service 
she  again  changed  hands  and  became  the  property  of  the 
New  York  and  Porto  Rico  S.  S.  Co.,  who  called  her 
"Carolina,"  and  in  1914  practically  rebuilt  the  ship  at 
great  cost  and  changed  her  from  a  twin  to  a  single  screw. 
She  was  sunk  by  a  German  submarine  on  June  2,  1918, 
with  the  loss  of  several  hves.  After  the  death  of  Mr. 
Plant,  the  control  of  the  Plant  line  fell  into  the  hands  of 
Mr.  A.  W.  Perry  and  other  Boston  investors,  who  con- 
tinued the  service  with  the  "Halifax"  and  the  "  A.  W, 
Perry,"  a  former  fruit  steamer  and  a   very  inferior  boat. 

To  meet  the  constantly  increasing  travel  the  company 
had  built  in  1912,  by  the  London  and  Glasgow  Shipbuild- 
ing Co.  of  Glasgow,  Scotland,  the  fine  steel  twin  screw 
steamer  "Evangeline,"  of  4600  tons  gross,  365  feet  long, 
46   feet  beam;  the   machinery   consisting   of  two  four- 


BY  FRANCIS   B.   C.   BRADLEB  179 

cylinder  triple  expansion  engines,  indicating  5000  horse- 
power. The  "Evangeline"  was  by  far  the  finest  and 
fastest  craft  that  had  run  to  the  British  Provinces  since 
the  days  of  the  "Olivette"  and  "Grand  Duchesse" ;  she 
had  260  staterooms  and  accommodated  680  passengers, 
besides  a  crew  of  95  persons  and  1500  tons  of  freight. 

Aftqr  one  successful  season  came  the  European  war, 
which  demoralized  shipping  conditions  all  over  the  world  ; 
the  "Evangeline"  was  placed  under  the  American  flag  in 
1914  and  made  one  trip  to  Manchester,  Eng.,  for  freight 
purposes  ;  in  1916  she  was  chartered  for  one  season  to 
carry  on  a  service  between  New  York  and  Bermuda.  She 
was  then  laid  up  at  Boston  for  a  long  time,  and  was  final- 
ly sold  to  foreign  owners  in  1917  for  more  than  $500,000. 
It  is  said  she  is  now  running  between  Marseilles  and 
Algiers,  with  her  passenger  accommodations  completely 
removed.  The  "A.  W.  Perry"  was  totally  wrecked  on 
Sambro  Head,  at  the  entrance  of  Halifax  harbor,  on  June 
10,  1915,  which  left  the  "Halifax"  alone  on  the  line. 
The  service  was  carried  on  by  her  until  early  in  1917, 
when  she  was  sold  for  war  purposes  and  was  never  heard 
of  after  leaving  New  York  for  an  English  port  early  in  1918. 

With  the  sale  of  the  "Halifax"  the  Plant  line  went  out 
of  existence,  leaving  Boston  for  some  time  without  any 
direct  service  to  Halifax.  Late  in  1918,  however,  the 
Nova  Scotia  Steamships  Ltd.  (controlled  by  the  Federal 
Line  of  New  York)  started  a  freight  line  to  Halifax, 
N.  S.,  and  St.  Johns,  N.  F.,  with  F.  H.  Chipman  as  the 
Boston  manager.  The  steamers  employed  were  the  pro- 
pellers "Cascapedia,"  of  500  tons,  and  "Our  Lady  of 
Gaspd,"  of  1240  tons,  230  feet  long ;  the  former  found- 
ered at  sea  in  a  hurricane  in  November,  1918.  The  "Sag- 
amore," a  small  steamer  of  only  325  tons*,  a  former  yacht, 
was  chartered  to  take  her  place.  It  is  expected  that  a 
passenger  boat  will  be  placed  on  the  line  during  the  sum- 
mer of  1921,  but  nothing  definite  is  yet  known. 

Eighty  or  more  years  ago  there  were  regular  packet 
schooners  and  brigs  plying  between  Boston  and  St.  Johns, 
Newfoundland,  but  the  first  attempt  at  regular  steam 
communication  was  in '1858,  when  a  line  was  projected 
by  Mr.    John   Orrell    Lever,    of  Manchester,   Eng.,  and 


180  STEAM  NAVIGATION  IN   NEW   ENGLAND 

others,  to  connect  the  port  of  Galway  with  New  York  and 
Boston  by  way  of  St.  Johns,  Newfoundland.  There  being 
no  transatlantic  cable  then  working,  the  attraction  offered 
by  the  new  company,  which  called  itself  the  Atlantic 
Royal  Mail  Steam  Navigation  Co.,  was  an  undertaking  "to 
carry  telegraph  messages  from  the  United  Kingdom  to 
British  North  America  and  the  United  States  in  six  days 
via  Galway  and  St.  Johns." 

Certain  influences  having  been  brought  to  bear  on  the 
British  government,  a  contract  at  the  rate  of  £76,000 
per  annum  was  entered  into  on  April  21,  1859,  based  on 
this  proposal.  Already  in  September,  1868,  the  steamer 
"Propeller"  had  arrived  in  Boston,  on  what  may  be 
termed  a  voyage  of  announcement  for  the  line.  The 
first  vessel  built  by  the  company,  the  "Connaught,"  a 
large  iron  paddle  wheel  steamer  of  2800  'tons,  360  feet 
long,  did  not  make  her  appearance  in  Boston  until  August, 
1860,  but  was  22  1-2  hours  over  the  contract  time  in  ar- 
riving. Two  months  later,  on  her  second  voyage  to  Boston 
the  "Connaught"  sprang  a  bad  leak  on  Oct.  7,  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  miles  from  Cape  Cod,  and  was  soon  in  a 
sinking  condition ;  in  addition,  a  fire  broke  out  on  board, 
and  the  steamer  was  presently  in  the  curious  predicament 
of  foundering  on  one  hand  and  burning  up  on  the  other. 
She  had  over  five  hundred  passengers  on  board,  mostly 
Irish  emigrants,  and  they  were  rescued  with  great  diffi- 
culty and  gallantry  by  Capt.  John  Wilson  in  the  New 
York  brigantine  "Minna  Schiffer." 

The  Atlantic  Royal  Mail  Co.,  or  Galway  line  as  it  was 
commonly  called,  built  three  other  steamers  similar  to 
the  "Connaught" ;  the  "  Hibernia,"  "Columbia,"  and 
"Anglia,"  but  only  one,  the  "Columbia,"  made  one  trip 
to  Boston  in  the  spring  of  1861.  The  construction  of 
the  other  two  ships  was  severely  criticised  by  the  gov- 
ernment inspectors,  and  they  never  entered  tlie  service  at 
all.  Soon  after,  the  enterprise  collapsed  altogether,  and 
is  remembered  as  one  of  the  most  conspicuous  failures 
known  in  the  history  of  trade.  It  hurt  the  purse  and 
reputation  of  every  one  connected  with  it  and  helped 
ruin  Overend,  Gurney  &  Co.,  London  bankers,  to  whom 
the  ships  were  mortgaged. 


BY   FRANCIS   B.   C.  BRADLBB  181 

In  November,  1914,  the  steel  screw  steamer  "Sable 
Island,"  of  700  tons,  owned  by  Farquhar  and  Co.  of 
Halifax,  N.  S.,  made  one  round  trip  between  St.  Johns, 
N.  F.,  and  Boston,  carrying  ten  passengers.  It  had  been 
the  intention  of  her  owners  to  establish  a  regular  service 
between  the  two  ports,  but  the  results  obtained  were  so 
disappointing  the  enterprise  was  given  up.  The  Boston- 
Newfoundland  Shipping  Co.  was  organized  in  1917  by 
David  W.  Simpson  and  other  Boston  business  men.  They 
bought  the  large  new  auxiliary  three-masted  schooner 
"Aviator,"  built  at  Essex,  Mass.,  and  she  left  Boston 
Jan.  30,  1919,  on  her  first  trip,  carrying  a  large  cargo, 
but  never  reached  St.  Johns,  for  she  ran  ashore  at  Law- 
rence on  the  dangerous  Newfoundland  coast  and  became 
a  total  wreck.     Luckily  there  was  no  loss  of  life. 

Except  for  the  traffic  in  the  harbor  and  to  the  coast  of 
Maine,  Boston  merchants  were  slow  to  adopt  steam  ves- 
sels, for  there  were  many  old  established  sailing  packet 
lines  (barques,  brigs  and  schooners)  plying  regularly  to 
New  York,  Albany,  Philadelphia,  Baltimore,  Washington, 
and  ports  further  south.  The  packets  centered  at  Mer- 
cantile wharf  and  vicinity  ;  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays 
were  the  usual  sailing  days,  and  then  Commercial  street 
became  almost  impassable. 

The  Boston  Advertiser  for  Jan.  1,  1852,  mentions  the 
"steam-propeller  'Ontario'  as  running  regularly  between 
Boston  and  New  York  direct,  Sprague,  Soule  and  Co., 
agents."  A  sister  ship,  the  "Benjamin  Franklin,"  was  at 
the  same  time  plying  between  Boston  and  Philadelphia. 
This  is  the  first  mention  that  can  be  found  of  a  steam  line 
to  either  New  York  or  Philadelphia  from  Boston;  the 
former  service  did  not  last  long,  but  the  latter  line  gradu- 
ally materialized  into  the  well  known  Boston  and  Phila- 
delphia S.  S.  Co. 

At  the  close  of  the  Civil  war,  in  1865,  a  few  Boston 
capitalists,  James  S.  Whitney,  H.  M.  Whitney,  Peter 
Butler,  James  Taft  and  others,  conceived  the  idea  of 
starting  a  direct  freight  line  between  their  city  and  New 
York.i     They  were  all  more  or   less    interested  in  other 

'The  following  account  of  the  Metropolitan  line  is  partly  from  a 
manuscript  History  of  the  Metropolitan  S.  S.  Co.,  by  E.  M.  Eldredge. 


182  STEAM  NAVIGATION   IN  NEW   ENGLAND 

steamship  lines,  and  having  at  this  time  several  ships  that 
were  idle,  they  used  them  on  the  new  line.  They  were 
the  "Ashland,"  "City  of  Bath,"  "Salvor,"  "Relief,"  "Jer- 
sey Blue,"  "Miami,"  "Mary  Sanford,"  "Monticello,"  and 
"Fairbanks." 

All  were  propellers  except  the  "Miami,"  which  had 
been  one  of  the  double  end  side- wheel  gunboats  used  by 
the  government  for  light  draft  service  on  the  southern 
coast  during  the  Civil  war.  One  writer  speaks  of  her 
saying,  "1  never  could  tell  whether  she  was  coming  or 
going" ;  the  "Miami"  also  had  very  little  power  in  pro- 
portion to  the  size  of  her  hull.  Once  she  was  caught  in 
mid-winter  in  a  northerly  gale  that  struck  her  as  she 
rounded  Cape  Cod.  Every  drop  of  spray  froze  as  it 
landed  on  some  part  of  the  ship,  and  as  she  got  further 
along  she  began  to  get  logy,  thereby  reducing  her  speed, 
which  caused  the  captain  to  head  for  the  Plymouth  shore 
to  make  a  lee,  and  if  it  had  been  necessary  to  proceed 
much  further  for  an  anchorage,  the  engine  would  have 
stopped  of  its  own  accord,  as  the  ice  that  had  formed  in 
the  paddle  boxes  had  slowed  her  down  to  less  than  half 
speed. 

The  "Jersey  Blue,"  one  of  the  very  early  propellers, 
built  at  Newark,  N.  J.,  in  1850,  measured  368  tons,  133 
feet  long,  and  during  her  service  as  a  transport  in  the 
Civil  war  had  nearly  foundered  at  sea  in  Dec,  1862, 
while  carrying  the  Salem  Light  Infantry  company  to  Ship 
Island,  in  the  gulf  of  Mexico.  The  "Ashland,"  of  843 
tons,  built  at  Philadelphia  in  1863,  was  owned  by  the  late 
Thomas  Clyde,  who  was  also  interested  in  the  Metropoli- 
tan line ;  the  "Mary  Sanford"  had  been  used  by  the 
Adams  Express  Co.  during  the  war,  and  so  the  whole  list 
might  be  gone  through.  Captain  George  L.  Norton,  the 
present  editor  of  the  New  York  Marine  Journal,  was  the 
pioneer  skipper  of  the  line  and  made  the  first  trip  in  the 
"Ashland" ;  other  early  commanders  were  Captains  Baker, 
afterwards  on  the  "Nepture,"  and  Bearse,  afterwards  on 
the  "Nereus."  The  New  York  headquarters  of  the  line 
were  at  first  at  the  foot  of  Catherine  street.  East  River, 
but  were  moved  shortly  afterwards  to  pier  10,  North 
River,  where  they  remained  for  nearly  fifty  years. 


BY  FRANCIS  B.   0.   BRADLEE  183 

At  this  time  there  was  operating  on  Long  Island  Sound 
a  line  known  as  the  Neptune  S.  S.  Co.,  and  they  had  built 
for  them  three  new  wooden  propellers,  the  "Neptune," 
"Nereus,"  and  "Glaucus."  These  steamers,  together  with 
the  "Metis,"  "Thetis,"  and  "Doris,"  were  run  by  the 
Neptune  line  on  the  "outside"  route  between  New  York 
and  Boston  from  August,  1865,  to  December,  1866,  when 
their  oWners  became  involved  in  financial  difficulties,  with 
the  result  that  the  Metropolitan  S.  S.  Co.  purchased  the 
"Neptune,"  "Nereus"  and  "Glaucus"  for  $300,000.  It 
was  found  that  they  had  to  be  considerably  strengthened, 
as  originally  they  had  been  built  for  purely  "Sound"  ser- 
Tice.  The  "Neptune,"  "Nereus"  and  "Glaucus"  were 
each  1800  tons  gross,  228  feet  long,  40  feet  beam,  having 
high  powered  (simple)  propeller  engines,  and  could  steam 
at  least  13  knots  an  hour.  In  addition  to  extra  beam, 
broad  guards  were  extended  over  the  hull,  supported  by 
sponsons,  calculated  for  big  cargo  space  between  decks, 
and  unless  absolutely  necessary  no  cargo  was  carried  in 
the  hold.  In  fact,  their  'tween  decks  had  the  space  of  a 
large  ground  floor  warehouse.  After  the  advent  of  these 
new  steamers,  the  older  ships  having  outlived  their  use- 
fulness, soon  disappeared. 

For  a  short  time,  in  1867,  an  opposition  service,  called 
the  "Merchants'  line,"  developed  between  Boston  and 
New  York,  running  the  propellers  "Equator,"  Captain 
Jackson,  and  "Key  West,"  from  Long  wharf,  Boston,  and 
pier  3,  North  River,  New  York,  Benner,  Brown  and 
Pinckney  were  the  agents  at  that  end  of  the  route,  and 
W.  H.  Kinsman  and  Co.  in  Boston.  The  Metropolitan 
line  proved  so  successful  that  in  1872  they  had  built  by 
John  Roach,  at  Wilmington,  Del.,  an  iron  steamer,  the 
well  known  "General  Whitney,"  of  1848  tons  gross,  227 
feet  long,  40  feet  beam,  and  fitted  with  a  two-cylinder 
compound  engine.  She  was  of  greater  carrying  capacity 
than  the  other  ships,  and  was  equipped  with  cotton  cribs 
on  the  main  deck.  These  prevented  the  cotton  from 
shifting,  or  causing  fire  by  the  friction  of  the  iron  bands. 

After  many  years  of  successful  service,  the  Morgan 
line  chartered  the  "General  Whitney"  during  the  Spanish- 
American  war  to  run  on   their   New   Orleans  line.     She 


184  STEAM  NAVIGATION  IN    NEW   ENGLAND 

made  but  a  few  trips,  for  while  bound  north  heavily  laden 
with  "pig"  copper  and  barrel  molasses,  she  sprang  aleak, 
and  soon  after  foundered  off  the  Florida  coast.  The 
crew  took  to  the  boats  and  landed  near  St.  Augustine  on 
April  23,  1899.  Unfortunately,  while  approaching  the 
shore,  one  of  the  boats  capsized,  drowning  Capt.  Haw- 
thorne and  sixteen  men. 

In  the  meantime  the  "H.  F.  Dimock,"  in  1884,  the 
♦•Herman  Winter"  in  1887,  and  the  "H.  M.  Whitney"  in 
1890,  had  been  added  to  the  line  ;  they  were  modern 
freighters,  built  of  iron  and  steel  by  the  Cramp  Co.  of 
Philadelphia,  and  very  much  alike,  each  ship  measuring 
about  2600  tons  gross,  275  feet  long,  and  40  feet  beam. 
The  "Dimock"  and  the  "Winter"  had  two  cylinder  com- 
pound engines,  but  the  later  boats  were  fitted  with  triple 
expansion  machinery.  The  last  addition  to  the  Metro- 
politan S.  S.  Co.,  while  under  the  control  of  the  Whitney 
family,  was  the  "James  S.  Whitney,"  built  in  1900  by 
the  Cramp  Shipbuilding  Co.  to  replace  the  "General 
Whitney"  ;  she  is  practically  a  sister  ship  to  the  steamers 
previously  mentioned,  except  that  she  has  tapering  steel 
masts  supplanting  the  heavy  wooden  ones.  July,  1906, 
saw  the  passing  away  of  the  old  wooden  boats  "Neptune" 
and  "Glaucus"  ;  they  had  been  laid  up  at  Brooklyn  for 
years,  and,  of  course,  neglected,  so  that  it  was  necessary 
to  patch  them  up  before  they  were  towed  to  Boston  on 
their  last  voyage. 

In  1900  the  Joy  line,  which  had  previously  confined 
itself  to  running  steamers  between  various  ports  on  Long 
Island  Sound  and  New  York,  started  a  competing  line 
between  that  place  and  Boston  via  the  "outside"  route, 
twice  weekly  from  each  end,  and  carrying  passengers  at 
$3.00  each.  The  steamer  principally  employed  in  the 
short  time  the  enterprise  lasted  was  the  "Old  Dominion," 
an  iron  side-wheeler  of  2000  tons  that  had  run  for  many 
years  previously  on  the  Old  Dominion  line  between  New 
York  and  Richmond,  Va.  Henry  M.  Whitney  and  others 
controlling  the  Metropolitan  S.  S.  Co.  sold  out  their  in- 
terests in  1906  for  about  $3,000,000  to  Charles  W.  Morse, 
and  it  is  said  that  in  later  years    Mr.  Whitney  remarked 


STEAMERS  "GENERAL  WHITNEY"  built  m  1873,   _:  .:      ..£.  T_.:E"  built  in    1864 
From  a  painting  owned  by  E.  M.   Eldredge 


STEAMBOAT  "CHOCORUA,"   Lake  Winnepesaukee,  built  in  1852 
and  originally  called  the  "  Dover  " 


BY   FKANCIS   B.   C.   BRADLEE  185 

that  "this  had  been   the   greatest   mistake   he  had   ever 
made  in  his  life." 

Owing  to  this  change  of  ownership,  the  Metropolitan 
line  was  joined  to  the  other  Morse  companies  known  as 
the  "Consolidated  Steamship  Lines,"  which  lasted  until 
about  1909,  when,  owing  to  financial  troubles,  the  con- 
trol of  the  Metropolitan  passed  to  other  hands,  and  finally 
rested  in  the  New  York,  New  Haven  and  Hartford  R.  R. 
Co.  Before  this  was  accomplished,  however,  and  while 
the  Metropolitan  line  was  still  in  the  hands  of  the  Morse 
interests,  the  New  York  and  New  Haven  R.  R.  competed 
with  it,  by  putting  on,  for  freight  purposes  only,three  large 
steel  twin  screw,  turbine  steamers,  each  of  4000  tons  and 
375  feet  long,  the  "Massachusetts,"  "Bunker  Hill,"  and 
"Old  Colony,"  running  as  the  "Merchants  Line,"  begin- 
ning in  September,  1908.  These  three  ships  were  built 
by  the  Cramp  Co.  of  Philadelphia,  who  afterwards  re- 
built them  for  the  passenger  service ;  as  freighters  they 
carried  immense  cargoes,  but  were  costly  boats  to  run,  as 
they  were  very  fast  and  so  hard  on  fuel. 

While  the  Metropolitan  S.  S.  Co.  was  under  the  Morse 
rule,  an  offshoot  known  as  the  Metropolitan  S.  S.  Co.  of 
New  Jersey  was  formed,  and  they  had  built,  in  1906,  by 
the  W.  and  A.  Fletcher  Co.  of  New  York,  the  well  known 
steel,  twin  screw,  turbine,  oil-burning  steamships  "Yale" 
and  "Harvard,"  for  passenger  service  on  the  New  York 
and  Boston  "outside"  line.  Each  steamer  measured  3700 
tons  gross,  376  feet  long,  61  feet  beam,  the  engines  indi- 
cating about  10,000  horse-power ;  they  were  extremely 
fast,  making  23  knots  when  pushed.  Leaving  either  end 
of  the  line  at  5  P.  M.,  they  arrived  at  their  destination  at 
8  the  following  morning,  distance  about  330  miles.  At 
this  time  the  Cape  Cod  canal  had  not  been  finished,  and 
the  "Harvard"  and  "Yale's"  course  lay  around  the 
"Cape"  and  over  the  dangerous,  narrow  and  intricate 
Nantucket  shoals  and  Vineyard  Sound  ;  they  also  usually 
went  around  the  east  end  of  Long  Island  when  the  tide 
was  against  them  in  Long  Island  Sound.  In  the  autumn 
of  1910  the  "Harvard"  and  "Yale"  were  chartered,  for 
),000  a  year,  to  the   Pacific   Alaska   Navigation  Co., 


186  STEAM   NAVIGATION   IN   NEW   ENGLAND 

who  took  them  to  the  Pacific  coast  and  operated  them  be- 
tween San  Francisco  and  San  Diego. 

During  the  war  both  steamers  were  commandeered  by 
the  government  and  used  as  transports  in  the  English 
channel  service  between  Southampton  and  France.  It  is 
said  that  the  "Yale"  made  a  record  in  having  carried 
140,000  American  soldiers  without  accident  or  mishap. 

The  Maine  Steamship  Co.,  a  subsidiary  line  of  the 
New  York  and  New  Haven  R.  R.,  had  the  former  freight- 
ers "Massachusetts,"  "Bunker  Hill"  and  "Old  Colony" 
rebuilt  as  passenger  steamers,  and  during  the  season  of 
1911  operated  them,  unfortunately  with  numerous  acci- 
dents, between  New  York,  Boston  and  Portland.  Early 
in  1912,  when  the  Eastern  Steamship  Corporation  (also 
controlled  by  the  New  York  and  New  Haven  R.  R.)  was 
organized,  these  ships  were  acquired  by  them  and  exten- 
sively remodelled  by  the  Cramp  Co.  at  Philadelphia.  Some 
seventy  staterooms,  hurricane  deck  caf6,  and  many  other 
comforts  were  added  to  each  ship  to  meet  the  demands  of 
the  growing  passenger  service.  The  "Bunker  Hill"  and 
"Massachusetts"  were  at  this  time  converted  into  oil- 
burners,  but  the  "Old  Colony,"  the  only  triple  screw  ship, 
remained  a  coal  user. 

After  the  opening  of  the  Cape  Cod  canal,  these  steam- 
ers used  it  regularly,  as  it  avoided  many  of  the  dangers 
attending  navigation  around  Cape  Cod,  besides  reducing 
the  distance  between  Boston  and  New  York  to  260  miles. 
Until  the  war  the  "Massachusetts"  and  "Bunker  Hill" 
ran  regularly  each  summer  on  their  route,  but  in  Novem- 
ber, 1917,  they  were  bought  by  the  government,  rebuilt, 
renamed  "Shawmut"  and  "Aroostook,"  and  used  most 
successfully  as  mine  layers.  The  Boston  -  New  York 
passenger  service  was  in  1918  and  is  at  present  carried  on 
by  the  "Belfast,"  "Camden,"  and  "Northland,"  of  the 
Eastern  Steamship  Lines  Inc.  fleet,  but  its  future  remains 
in  doubt,  as  it  is  said  the  "Shawmut"  and  "Aroostook" 
will  be  permanently  retained  by  the  Navy.  During  the 
war  the  Metropolitan  line  freighters  "James  S.  Whitney" 
and  "H .  M.  Whitney"  were  sold  to  syndicates  for  a  large 
price,  said  to  be  $400,000  apiece,  to  engage  in  foreign 
trade.     The  "H.  F.  Dimock"  and  the  "Herman  Winter" 


BY   FRANCIS   B.   0.    BRADLEB  187 

were  also  disposed  of  and  are  now  successfully  engaged 
in  the  banana  trade  between  Mobile  and  Bocas  del  Toro. 

The  exact  date  of  the  first  towboat  in  Boston  harbor 
cannot  now  be  surely  determined.  Nearly  all  the  early 
passenger  steamboats  were  used  to  tow  ships  when  the 
occasion  demanded,  as  can  be  seen  in  the  old  'advertise- 
ments.. The  Boston  Advertiser  for  September  20,  1843, 
contains  the  following  notice :  "Steam  Tow  Boat  'Relief,' 
Capt.  Allen  Bangs,  Jr.,  is  in  complete  readiness  for  tow- 
ing vessels  in  Boston  harbor,  etc.  Baker,  Kelley  and  Co., 
39  Commercial  St."  The  same  paper  for  June  23,  1846, 
announces  for  sale  the  "steamer  'Danin,'  built  by  Samuel 
Hall  at  East  Boston  in  1842,  132  tons,  used  as  a  tow  and 
excursion  boat." 

In  1846,  Otis  Tufts  of  Boston  built  for  the  Boston 
Board  of  Marine  Underwriters  the  celebrated  iron  tow- 
boat  "R.  B.  Forbes."  She  measured  320  tons,  and  was 
the  first  iron  hull  ever  built  in  Boston  ;  the  machinery 
consisted  of  a  pair  of  condensing  engines,  each  36  inches 
by  32  inches  stroke  and  driving  Ericsson  twin  screws. 
Undoubtedly  the  "R.  B.  Forbes"  was  one  of  the  first 
ocean-going  towboats  in  the  country,  for  it  is  known  that 
she  frequently  towed  ships  from  Boston  to  New  York 
and  also  to  eastern  ports.  Nevertheless  she  was  not  a 
financial  success,  and  changed  ownership  several  times 
before  she  was  finally  sold  to  the  government  during  the 
Civil  war,  and  eventually  wrecked  on  the  coast  of  North 
Carolina,  Feb.  25,  1862.  During  the  fifties  the  "Relief," 
"Huron"  and  "Gilpin"  were  well  known  towboats  in 
Boston  harbor;  these  steamers  averaged  100  tons  each. 

The  following  is  a  correct  list  of  Boston  towboats  and 
their  owners  in  1868,  as  copied  from  the  Boston  Adver- 
tiser: Steamers  "Charles  Pearson,"  Relief  Steamboat 
Co.,  Owner;  "Fremont,"  "Wm.  Sprague,"  "Dispatch," 
"Day  Spring,"  "American  Eagle,"  "Clover,"  Thomas 
Winsor,  Owner;  "Charles  River,"  H.  Davis,  Owner; 
"Uncle  Sam,"  "Ida  Miller,"  "Transport,"  Daniel  Baker, 
Owner;  "James  Barton,"  "S.  J.  Macy,"  Baker  and 
Howes,  Owners ;  "Ellen,"  "Joseph  Boss,"  "An-n,"  "Henry 
Hoover,"  Davis  and  Sprague,  Owners. 


188  STEAM  NAVIGATION   IN    NEW   ENGLAND 

The  old  Boston  Tow  Boat  Co.  was  incorporated  in 
1872  ;  it  was  purchased  by  interests  controlling  the  New 
England  Fuel  and  Transportation  Co.  in  the  autumn  of 
1910.  They  continued  the  business  under  the  old  name 
until  July,  1917,  when  it  was  absorbed  by  the  present 
operating  company  and  the  name  changed  as  above. 

A  bit  of  history,  not  generally  known,  is  the  fact  that 
Lake  Champlain  was  the  second  body  of  water  in  the  world 
to  be  navigated  by  a  vessel  propelled  by  steam.  Fulton's 
"Clermont"  plied  on  the  Hudson  in  1807.  In  1808  John 
and  James  Winans,  who  had  been  employed  as  shipbuild- 
ers on  the  Hudson,came  to  Lake  Champlain^  and  built  the 
steamboat  "Vermont"  at  the  foot  of  King  street,  Bur- 
lington, Vt.,  where  the  Champlain  Transportation  Com- 
pany's wharf  now  is.  It  is  said  that  she  was  launched 
side  wise  into  the  sand,  and  remained  there  some  time,  and 
then,  by  the  use  of  spirit,  both  plentiful  and  ardent,  was 
finally  transferred  to  her  future  element.  This  steamboat, 
the  "Vermont,"  ran  between  Whitehall  and  St.  Johns 
until  1815.  Her  service  was  so  irregular  that  she  only 
made  the  round  trip  through  the  lake  about  once  a  week. 
She  continued  with  more  or  less  success,  financially,  until 
in  October,  1816,  when  the  connecting  rod  of  her  engine 
became  detached  from  the  crank,  and  before  the  engineer 
could  stop  the  machinery,  it  plunged  through  the  bottom 
of  the  boat.  The  result  was,  she  sank  a  wreck  in  the 
Richelieu  river,  near  Isle  au  Noix. 

The  construction  of  another  steamboat  was  beg^un  at 
Vergennes,  Vt.,  in  1814,  and  that  boat,  which  Commodore 
Macdonough,  U.  S.  N.,  seized,  was  converted  into  a  sloop, 
and  she  fought  in  the  battle  of  Plattsburg  as  the  "Ticon- 
deroga."  It  was  that  name  which  was  decided  upon  for 
the  latest  passenger  steamboat  built  by  the  Champlain 
Transportation  Company,  and  from  this  fact  the  name 
was  selected.  In  1815  the  "Phoenix"  was  built  at  Ver- 
gennes, Vt.,  by  Capt.  Jahaziel  Sherman,  who  was  the 
great  grandfather  of  the  late  Vice  President  of  the 
United    States,    James    S.    Sherman.     He   had    come  to 

"These  particulars  of  steam  navigation  on  Lake  Champlain  are 
derived  from  an  address  by  D.  A.  Loomis  before  the  Lake  Cham- 
plain Association,  New  York,  Dec.  12,  1912. 


BY  FBANCIS   B.    0.   BBADLEE  189 

Vergennes  for  the  purpose  of  apprizing  the  ship  Com- 
modore Macdonough  had  seized  and  to  see  that  the 
nearly  bankrupt  steamboat  company  received  just  treat- 
ment. The  "Phoenix"  received  the  engine  taken  from 
the  "Perseverance,"  which  was  built  to  compete  with  the 
boats  operated  by  Fulton  and  Livingston  on  the  Hudson 
River.  Fulton  and  Livingston  had  received  a  charter 
from  the  State  of  New  York  giving  them  the  exclusive 
right  to  operate  their  steamboats  on  all  the  waters  of  that 
State.  The  "Perseverance"  was  put  on  in  opposition  to 
their  line,  and  was  enjoined ;  her  engine,  of  about  40 
horse-power,  was  sold  and  brought  to  Vergennes  and  in- 
stalled in  the  "Phoenix."  The  speed  of  the  "Phoenix" 
was  about  six  miles  an  hour,  her  engine  being  not  quite 
as  large  as  those  in  a  modern  house  boat.  In  September, 
1819,  the  "Phoenix"  was  burned  near  Colchester  Point, 
about  twelve  miles  north  of  Burlington,  six  lives  were 
sacrificed,  and  the  vessel  was  a  total  loss.  She  was  com- 
manded by  Capt  Richard  W.  Sherman,  son  of  Capt. 
Jahaziel  Sherman ;  he  was  the  last  person  to  leave  his 
ship,  and  saved  his  life  by  floating  to  sliore  on  a  table  leaf. 
A  third  boat  was  the  "Champlain,"  built  at  Vergennes, 
Vt.,  in  1818,  by  the  Shermans,  and  had  the  engine  that 
was  in  the  first  "Vermont."  An  old  advertisement 
which  is  in  the  office  of  the  Lake  Champlain  Steamboat 
Company  states  that  the  price  of  passage  through  the 
lake  will  be  ten  dollars.  One  dollar  was  charged  for 
every  fifteen  miles  of  travel,  and  as  no  one  could  be  put 
on  shore,  or  received  on  board,  however  short  the  dis- 
tance, for  less  than  a  dollar,  a  practice  prevailed  of  pay- 
ing to  boatmen  and  innkeepers  a  shilling  for  every  pas- 
senger that  they  delivered  to  the  boats.  The  "Congress" 
was  the  fourth  boat,  built  at  Vergennes,  Vt.,  in  1818,  and 
ran  for  sixteen  years  and  was  condemned  in  1835.  In 
1820  a  second  "Phoenix"  was  built  at  Vergennes,  Vt., 
and  ran  for  sixteen  years,  and  was  condemned  in  1837  ; 
it  was  in  1820,  also,  that  the  shipyards  were  changed  from 
Vergennes  to  Shelburne  Harbor,  and  the  latter  place  has 
been  used  as  a  shipyard  for  the  construction  and  repair  of 
steamboats  from  that  period  down   to   the  present  time ; 


190  STEAM  NAVIGATION  IN   NEW    ENGLAND 

it  is  believed  to  be  the  oldest  steamboat  shipyard  in  this 
country,  or  in  the  world. 
»  A  sixth  steamer  on  the  lake,  the  "General  Greene," 
was  built  at  Shelburne  Harbor,  Vt.,  in  1825,  and  ran 
until  1833,  when  she  was  converted  into  a  sloop  ;  in  1825, 
also,  the  operations  of  the  Champlain  Transportation  Com- 
pany began,  and  there  is  in  the  office  of  the  company  the 
record  of  every  directors'  meeting  that  has  been  held 
from  then  down  to  the  present  time.  In  1825  Dan  Lyon 
was  appointed  captain  of  the  "General  Greene,"  at  the 
munificent  salary  of  twenty-five  dollars  a  month,  and  by 
vote  of  the  directors  he  was  restricted  to  a  crew  of  six 
people.  The  boat  was  about  one  hundred  and  twenty 
feet  long.  Under  present  laws  the  Government  would 
prescribe  the  number  of  persons  suiB&cient  for  a  boat  of 
that  size.  The  ^'General  Greene"  ran  as  a  ferry  between 
Burlington  and  Plattsburg,  and  the  company  did  not  find 
it  to  their  advantage  to  board  their  crew,  so  they  arranged 
with  Capt.  Lyon  to  board  the  crew  for  them  at  one  dol- 
lar sixty-seven  and  one-half  cents  per  week,  he  finding 
everything.  They  offered  the  assignment  of  barkeeper  to 
a  certain  citizen  of  Burlington  at  a  salary  of  ten  dollars 
a  month.  After  the  first  year  it  was  found  that  the  bar 
did  not  pay,  so  the  company  sold  the  privilege  to  Capt. 
Dan  Lyon  for  $100  a  year,  and  he  conducted  the  bar  after 
that.  He  had  a  little  monopoly  all  his  own,  boarding  the 
crew,  operating  the  bar,  collecting  the  fares,  and  running 
the  steamboat. 

The  "Franklin"  was  built  at  St.  Albans  Bay,  Vt.,  in 
1627,  and  condemned  in  1838.  She  was  commanded  one 
season  by  Capt.  Jahaziel  Sherman,  who  was  succeeded  by 
his  son  Richard  W.  Sherman.  An  innovation  introduced 
on  the  "Franklin"  was  an  upper  deck  and  a  ladies' 
cabin.     The  "Washington"  was  built  at  Essex,  N.  Y.,  in 

1827,  and  continued  in  service  sixteen  years.  She  was 
built  for  an  opposition  line,  but  the  company  had  a  way 
in  those  days  of  buying  up  every  year  or  two  all  their 
competitors,  and  the  result  was  that  for  a  good  many 
years  they  bought  a   steamboat   nearly    every    year.     In 

1828,  the  "Macdonough"  was  built  at  St.  Albans  Bay, 
Vt.,  and  operated  between    St.    Albans    Bay  and  Platts- 


BY  FRANCIS   B.   C.   BRADLEE  191 

burg.  After  running  for  thirteen  years,  she  was  wrecked 
in  1841.  The  "Winooski"  was  constructed  at  Burling- 
ton, Vt.,  in  1832,  and  remained  in  active  service  until  she 
was  condemned  in  1850. 

Captain  Jahaziel  Sherman  had  a  difference  with  tho 
Board  of  Directors  of  the  Champlain  Transportation 
Company,  and  had  the  steamboat  "Water  Witch"  built 
at  Fort  Cassin,  near  the  mouth  of  Otter  Creek,  in  1832, 
and  intended  to  run  her  in  opposition  to  the  regular  line, 
but  the  records  of  the  Lake  Champlain  Steamboat  Com- 
pany show  that  a  year  or  two  afterwards  Capt.  Sherman 
became  a  director  of  the  company  and  that  he  brought 
the  "Water  Witch"  with  him.  The  "Burlington,"  the 
twelfth  steamboat,  was  built  at  Shelburne  Harbor  in 
1837,  and  ran  on  the  line  until  1854,  when  she  was  con- 
demned. A  distinguished  passenger  travelled  on  her  in 
1842,  no  less  a  personage  than  Charles  Dickens,  the 
famous  author,  and  in  his  American  notes  Mr.  Dickens 
says :  "There  is  a  boat  on  Lake  Champlain  which  I 
praise  most  highly,  but  no  higher  than  she  deserves,  when 
I  say  she  is  superior  to  any  other  in  the  world.  He  then 
goes  on  to  speak  of  his  trip  from  St.  Johns  to  Whitehall, 
his  stop  at  Burlington  and  other  points  on  the  lake  ;  this 
statement  can  be  easily  verified  and  elaborated  upon  by 
referring  to  Dickens'  American  notes. 

In  1838,  Peter  Comstocks  built  the  steamer  "White- 
hall" at  Whitehall,  N.  Y.  Mr.  Comstocks  had  created 
opposition  every  year  or  two,  and  the  records  show  that 
he  was  bought  out  three  times.  One  of  the  last  efforts 
was  when  he  constructed  at  Whitehall,  N.  Y.,  in  1846, 
the  steamboat  "Fiancis  Saltus."  At  that  time  the  Lake 
Champlain  Company  thought  they  had  bought  out  Mr. 
Comstocks'  boats  long  enough,  and  they  put  the  "Saranac" 
on  to  run  in  opposition  to  the  "Francis  Saltus,"  and  the 
fare  was  reduced  between  Whitehall  and  St.  Johns  to  the 
ridiculous  price  of  twenty-five  cents.  The  Champlain 
Transportation  Company  worsted  their  competitor  be- 
cause they  had  two  other  boats,  so  that  when  the  "Francis 
Saltus"  left  Whitehall,  the  "Saranac"  took  her  departure 
also,  and  when  she  left  St.  Johns,  the  "Saranac"  did  like- 
wise ;  the  other  two  boats  were  run  on  the  night  line,  and 


192  STEAM   NAVIGATION   IN    NEW   ENGLAND 

they  continued  to  maintain  the  fare  between  Whitehall 
and  St.  Johns  at  $4.50,  and  this  enabled  them  to  compete 
very  successfully  with  Mr.  Comstocks,  until  they  bought 
his  boat  at  a  low  figure ;  and  that  was  the  last  opposition 
of  consequence  on  Lake  Champlain. 

At  about  this  time  Richard  W.  Sherman  was  captain 
of  the  "Burlington,"  and  from  what  can  be  learned  the 
whole  Sherman  family  belonged  to  the  aristocracy  of  those 
days.  While  "Dandy  Dick,"  as  Captain  Sherman  was 
called,  had  a  host  of  friends  and  acquaintances,  he  seems 
also  to  have  incurred  the  enmity  of  certain  persons,  judg- 
ing by  the  following  song  written  about  him  ;  it  was  set 
to  music,  and  enjoyed  quite  a  local  popularity,  and  is 
worth  reproducing : — 

«  "  Dick  Sherman  is  so  very  slick 

The  fops  all  swarm  around  him  thick 
As  humbugs  'round  a  pot  of  honey, 
So  Dick's  cologne  brings  him  the  money. 
Ha,  ha,  ha,  that's  the  fun 
For  Dandy  Dick  of  the  Burlington. 

Oh!  Dicky  is  a  gallant  lad, 
He  makes  the  ladies  very  glad, 
He  smiles  and  flirts  with  a  great  parade, 
And  then  makes  love  to  the  cabin  maid. 
Ha,  ha,  ha,  that's  the  fun 
For  Dandy  Dick  of  the  Burlington. 

His  decks  are  scrubbed  with  so  much  care 
That  cowhide  boots  can't  come  it  there. 
If  you  cannot  make  your  money  rattle, 
You  must  go  forward  with  the  cattle. 
Ha,  ha,  ha,  that's  the  fun 
For  Dandy  Dick  of  the  Burlington. 

The  Saltus  and  the  Montreal 
Will  drive  him  from  the  lake  next  fall. 
Ha,  ha,  ha  I  that's  the  fun 
For  Dandy  Dick  of  the  Burlington." 

(The  "Saltus"  and  the  "Montreal"  were  other  steamers  on  Lake 
Champlain  at  that  time.) 


ijv 


STEAMBOAT  "VERMONT"  (second)  built  in  1871,  Lake  Champlain 


STEAMBOAT    'FRANCIS  SALTUS   "   built  in  1844,  Lake  Champlaln 


BY  FRANCIS  B.  C.   BBADLBE  193 

The  steamboat  ♦'Francis  Saltus,"  finished  at  Whitehall, 
N.  Y.,  in  the  year  1844,  was  of  the  following  dimensions: 
185  feet  long,  26  feet  beam,  8  3-4  feet  depth  of  hold,  473 
tons  burthen,  cost  $50,000,  speed  14  1-2  miles  per  hour, 
engine  160  horse-power.  She  ran  on  Lake  Chaniplain 
fifteen  years,  and  was  condemned  in  1859.  From  the 
records  it  appears  that  the  hull  of  the  ''Montreal"  was 
laid  do'qrn  at  Whitehall,  N.  Y.,  for  Peter  Comstocks  and 
others  in  1845  ;  completion  was  dragged  along,  and  in 
1847  the  hull  was  sold  to  the  Champlain  Transportation 
Co.  and  removed  to  Shelbnrne  Harbor,  where  it  was 
finished  and  launched  in  1855  and  named  the  "Montreal." 
The  "Saranac"  was  placed  on  the  line  in  1842,  the 
"James  K.  Hacker"  in  1846,  as  a  package  freight  boat 
and  for  towing  purposes,  carrying  no  passengers  ;  then 
came  the  "United  States,"  built  at  Shelburne  Harbor,  Vt.', 
in  1847.  She  was  the  first  steamer  fitted  with  staterooms 
on  the  upper  deck. 

Other  vessels  were  the  "Boston,"    built   at    Shelburne 
Harbor,  Vt.,  in  1851 ;  the  "American,"  built  at  Whitehall, 
N.  Y.,  in  1851 ;  the  "Canada,"  built  at  Whitehall,  N.  Y.,  in 
1853  ;  the  "Adirondack,"  built  at  Shelburne  Harbor,  Vt, 
in  1867  ;  the  "Oakes  Ames,"  built  at    Hark's  Bay,  near 
Burlington,  Vt,  in  1868,  and  the  Vermont  H  in  1871.  The 
"Oakes  Ames,"  built  by  the   Rutland  &  Burlington  Rail- 
road, was  used   as   a   car  ferry  between  Burlington  and 
Plattsburg.    She  ran  for  several  years  with  only  moderate 
success,  was  purchased  in  1873    by  the  Champlain  Trans- 
portation Company,  and  converted  into  a   passenger  and 
freight  steamer,  renamed  the  "Champlain,"    and  operated 
on  a  through  line  until  1875,  when  she  was  wrecked  near 
Westport  and  was  a  total  loss.     The  pilot  ran  her  so  far 
ashore    that   the   people    picked    up    their   luggage   and 
stepped     off.     A     curious     and    pathetic    incident    oc- 
curred in  connection  with  that  wreck.     The    pilot  of  the 
vessel  was  John  Eldridge,  and  after  the  accident  he  packed 
his  belongings,  stepped  off  on  shore,  and  none  of  his  old 
associates  knew  what  had  become  of  him  or  ever  saw  him 
again.     Some  twenty  years  after  that,  about  1895,  Capt. 
George  Rushlow,  then  general  manager  of  the   company, 
received  a  letter  from  him,  written  at  some  town  in  Mich- 


194  STEAM  NAVIGATION   IN    NEW   ENGLAND 

igan,  stating  that  he  was  in  reduced  circumstances,  an  in- 
mate of  the  county  house  there,  and  asking  him  if  they 
could  send  him  a  little  money.  The  company  sent  him 
$50  on  that  occasion. 

At  present  (1918)  the  fleet  of  the  Champlain  Trans- 
portation Co.  consists  of  the  side- wheel  steamboats  "Ver- 
mont" III  (1903),  "Ticonderoga"  (1906),  and  "Chateau- 
gay"(1888)  ;  all  have  steel  hulls  with  wooden  superstruc- 
tures. The  first  natned  is  the  largest;  she  is  1195  tons 
gross,  251  1-2  feet  long,34  1-2  feet  beam,  10  1-2  feet  depth 
of  hold,  and  has  a  powerful  vertical  beam  engine.  Her  cap- 
tain, E.  B.  Rockwell,  is  believed  to  be  the  oldest  steam- 
boat official  in  active  service  in  the  country  (1920),  for 
he  is  ninety  years  old,  although  to  the  ordinary  person  he 
seems  like  a  man  in  the  sixties. 

The  first  steamboat  on  Lake  George  was  the  "James 
Caldwell."  She  was  built  sometime  between  1816  and 
1820,  the  exact  date  cannot  now  be  determined.  A  second 
boat  was  the  "Mountaineer,"  built  about  1824;  then  came 
the  "William  Caldwell"  in  1838  ;  the  "John  Jay"  in 
1850,  and  this  steamer  was  burned,  with  the  loss  of  six 
lives,  on  July  29,  1856,  near  Hague.  She  was  replaced 
in  1857  by  the  well  known  "Minnehaha."  She  was  very 
successful  and  had  no  accidents.  In  1877  she  was  sold 
to  the  late  Cyrus  Butler  of  New  York,  who  converted 
her  into  a  floating  summer  house  in  the  bay  on  the  north 
side  of  Black  Mountain  Point. 

The  steamers  now  running  on  Lake  George  are  the 
"Horicon,"  side-wheel,  beam  engine,  hull  built  in  1911, 
230  feet  long,  69  feet  beam.  1400  tons  gross,  passenger 
capacity  1700  persons ;  the  "Sagamore,"  side- wheel, 
beam  engine,  hull  built  in  1903,  223  feet  long,  57  feet 
beam,  1400  tons  gross,  passenger  capacity  1500  persons. 
There  is  also  the  "Mohican,"  a  twin  screw  propeller,  built 
in  1908,  115  feet  long,  26  1-2  feet  beam,  500  tons  gross, 
passenger  capacity  500  persons. 

Steam  navigation  on  Lake  Winnipesaukee^  began  in  the 
year  1833,  when  the  steamer  "Belknap"  was  launched 
by  Stephen  Lyf ord  and  Ichabod  Bartlett  of  Lake  Village. 

'These  particulars  of  steam  navigation  on  Lake  Winnipesaukee 
are  derived  from  an  unpublished  account  by  Edward  Blackstone. 


BY  FRANCIS  B.   C.   BRADLEE  195 

She  was  a  rough  lookiag  affair,  about  ninety  feet  long, 
and  rather  wider  than  the  average  boat  of  that  length. 
She  was  a  side-wheel  boat,  and  the  engine  was  geared  to 
the  shaft,  as  were  all  lake  boats  of  the  early  type.  Many 
obstacles  were  encountered  in  getting  the  boat  into  the 
lake  proper,  for  the  weirs  channel  of  today  was  then  but 
a  shallow,  violent  stream.  Hogsheads  and  barrels  were 
used  to  lighten  her  draught,  and  large  stones  were  rolled 
aside  in  order  to  pass  her  through.  The  fii'st  captain  of 
the  "Belknap"  was  James  Jewett  of  Alton  Bay,  and 
Perkins  Drake,  for  many  years  stage  driver  between  Cen- 
tre Harbor  and  Laconia,  was  the  first  pilot.  For  four 
years  the  "Belknap"  was  run  between  Centre  Harbor  and 
Alton  Bay,  and  was  finally  wrecked  on  Steamboat  Island, 
from  which  event  the  island  takes  its  name.  The  wreck 
occurred  in  the  early  spring,  while  the  boat  was  engaged 
in  towing  a  raft  of  logs  from  Centre  Harbor  to  Alton 
Bay.  Through  a  misunderstanding  of  the  signals  by  the 
engineer,  she  was  run  ashore  in  the  heavy  wind  and  filled 
with  water.  After  several  futile  attempts  to  raise  her, 
the  machinery  was  removed,  and  she  was  left  to  her  fate. 
On  a  clear  day  the  remains  of  the  frame  may  still  be  seen 
on  the  bar  near  the  island. 

For  years  after  this  the  horse  boat  was  the  only  means 
of  transportation  on  the  lake.  Finally  Langdon  Thyng, 
an  enterprising  boatman,  conceived  the  Idea  of  applying 
steam  to  one  of  his  horseboats.  He  obtained  the  little 
engine,  known  to  the  boys  as  the  "Cork  Leg"  or  "Widow 
Dustin,"  which  had  been  used  to  haul  gravel  trains  dur- 
ing the  construction  of  the  railroad,  and  placed  it  in  his 
boat.  It  was  a  peculiar  looking  craft,  scow-shaped,  and 
would  run  about  five  miles  an  hour.  It  was  known  as 
the  "Jenny  Lind,"  and  the  "Swedish  Nightingale"  surely 
had  a  strange  looking  namesake  in  this  floating  combina- 
tion of  locomotive  and  horseboat. 

In  the  year  1848  the  Winnipcsaukee  Steamboat  Com- 
pany was  formed,  which,  in  the  same  year,  built  the 
"Lady  of  the  Lake."  She  was  135  feet  long,  29  feet 
beam,  and  commanded  by  Captain  William  Walker  of 
Lake  Village,  and  she  plied  between  the  Weirs,  Long 
Island  and  Centre  Harbor.     Soon  after,  this   steamer  fell 


196  STEAM  NAVIGATION  IN    NEW  ENGLAND 

into  the  hands  of  the  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal  Rail- 
road, and  in  1882  was  taken  from  the  water  and  under- 
went an  entire  overhauling.  After  Captain  Walker,  she 
was  commanded  by  Eleazer  Bickford  of  Meredith,  who 
was  succeeded  by  Win  born  Sanborn,  Stephen  Cole,  and 
J.  S.  Wadleigh,  respectively,  of  Laconia.  In  189-1  she 
was  dismantled  and  sunk  in  about  forty  feet  of  water  in 
Glendale  cove.  After  the  "Lady  of  the  Lake,"  the 
"Dover"  made  its  appearance,  in  1852.  She  was  run  for 
a  few  years,  then  the  hull  was  cut  open  and  lengthened 
twenty  feet,  and  renamed  the  "Chocorua."  After  these 
alterations  she  measured  400  tons,  170  feet  long,  and  32 
feet  beam.  The  "Long  Island,"  owned  by  Perley  R.  and 
George  K.  Brown  of  Long  Island,  next  made  its  appear- 
ance. She  had  a  carrying  capacity  of  one  hundred  passen- 
gers. After  fifteen  years  of  service,  she  was  dismantled. 
The  following  year  the  "Red  Hill"  was  built  by  the 
Red  Hill  Steamboat  Company  of  Lee's  Mills, — a  rough 
looking  craft,  practically  a  scow  in  shape.  She  was  never 
run,  for  while  steaming  up  for  the  trial  trip  the  boiler 
exploded  ;  the  machinery  was  removed  and  sent  to  China. 
Next,  the  "Naugatuck"  was  built  at  Lake  Village  by 
Charles  Brown.  The  same  year  the  "Dollie  Dutton"  was 
built  at  Wolfeboro  and  the  "Seneca"  at  Melvin  Village. 
The  latter  was  owned  by  Uriah  Hall,  and  was  later 
wrecked  on  the  "Goose  Egg,"  a  dangerous  rock  on  the 
Moultonborough  shore,  after  which  event  Mr.  Hall  built 
the  "Ossipee."  About  the  same  year  the  "James  Bell" 
was  built  by  Wentworth  and  Swett  of  Centre  Harbor, 
who  sold  her,  some  years  later,  to  the  Boston,  Concord 
and  Montreal  Railroad.  For  a  long  time  she  was  the 
favorite  boat  for  picnic  parties  and  moonlight  excursions. 
After  many  years  of  service,  this  steamer  was  dismantled 
and  her  deck  houses  were  bought  and  scattered  around  the 
country  as  cheap  summer  residences.  Following  the 
"James  Bell"  came  the  "Winnipesaukee,"  built  by  the 
Lamprey  Brothers.  She  was  a  flat-bottomed  scow,  with 
a  portable  saw-mill  engine  for  power.  The  engine  was 
geared  to  the  shaft  and  turned  side-wheels.  A  little  later 
the  "Mayflower,"  practically  a  counterpart  of  the  "Win- 
nipesaukee," was  built,  and   soon   after    came  the  intro- 


BY    FRANCIS   B.    C.   BRADLEE  197 

duction  of  small  steam  yachts,  such  as  the  "Pinafore," 
the  "Nellie,"  the  "Bristol,"  etc.,  the  "Nellie"  being  the 
first  screw-propelled  boat  to  be  placed  on  the  lake. 

In  1872  the  "Mount  Washington"  was  built  at  Alton 
Bay  for  the  Boston  and  Maine  Railroad,  at  a  cost  of 
$76,000.  She  is  one  hundred  and  eighty  feet  in  length 
over  all,  and  has  a  beam  of  forty  feet.  The  boiler  is 
fifteen  feet  long,  and  capable  of  developing  seven  hun- 
dred horse-power.  The  "Mount  Washington"  has  a  speed 
of  sixteen  miles  per  hour,  and  is  licensed  to  carry  one 
thousand  persons.  Her  first  captain  was  Augustus  Wig- 
gin  of  Wolfboro.  He  was  succeeded  in  1896  by  Harry 
L.  Wentworth,  who  committed  suicide  in  1908.  Her 
present  commander,  Captain  H.  A.  Blackstone,  then  took 
charge.  Three  years  after  the  appearance  of  the  latter 
steamer,  the  "Maid  of  the  Isles,"  a  screw-propelled  boat, 
with  hurricane,  promenade  and  main  decks,  was  built  at 
Wolfboro  by  Dearborn  Haley.  She  was  of  good  model 
and  fitted  with  a  one  hundred  and  twenty  horse-power 
engine,  but  she  was  run  only  two  seasons,  and  subse- 
quently lay  moored  in  the  bay  at  Wolfeboro,  where  her 
cable  chain  wore  a  hole  in  her  hull  below  the  water  line, 
and  she  sank.  In  1888  she  was  purchased  by  Herbert  A. 
Blackstone,  who  raised  and  entirely  rebuilt  her.  A  three 
hundred  and  fifty  horse-power  engine  was  installed,  and 
she  became  one  of  the  leading  passenger  boats  on  the 
lake.  In  1899  the  "Maid  of  the  Isles"  was  sold  to  Cap- 
tain Hudson  of  Lakeport,  who  in  turn  sold  her  to  the 
Drew  Machine  Company  of  Manchester.  Through  poor 
management  she  became  a  wreck  and  was  dismantled. 
The  hull  was    towed   to  Centre  Harbor,  where  it  burned. 

The  same  year  the  latter  steamer  was  built,  the  "Mine- 
ola"  was  placed  on  the  lake  by  Messrs.  Brown  and  Robie 
of  Lake  Village.  She  was  a  trim  little  yacht,  built  at 
Newburg,  N.  Y.  In  1911  she  was  condemned  and  the 
machinery  placed  in  another  hull.  In  1881  the  "Belle  of 
the  Wave"  was  built  by  Herbert  A.  Blackstone  for  Arthur 
Lamprey  of  Long  Island,  Three  years  later  Mr.  Black- 
stone built  the  "Eagle"  at  Lakeport  for  Brown  and  Went- 
worth. She  changed  hands  several  times,  and  was  finally 
sold    to    Capt.  Hudson.     In    1902    she   burned    at  the 


198  STEAM   NAVIGATION   IN    NEW   ENGLAND 

further  side  of  Long  Island.  About  the  same  time  the 
"Lamprey"  and  the  "Cyclone"  were  built  for  Robert  and 
Arthur  Lamprey,  by  Captain  Blackstone.  The  "Lamp- 
rey" was  run  a  few  years  and  then  burned.  The  "Cy- 
clone" was  finally  sold  to  Capt.  Hudson,  who  in  turn 
sold  her  to  Charles  Dow  of  Meredith,  in  whose  posses- 
sion she  was  when  burned  in  1905.  Following  the  "Cy- 
clone," the  "Carrol"  was  brought  from  New  York,  where 
she  had  been  a  canal  boat,  and  was  purchased  by  Dr.  J.  A. 
Greene.  Dr.  Greene  renamed  her  the  "Roxmont,"  and 
ran  her  for  several  seasons.  She  was  then  hauled  out  of 
the  water  at  the  Roxmont  Poultry  Farm  on  Moulton- 
borough  Neck,  where  she  remained  until  1902,  when  she 
was  rebuilt  and  sold  to  the  Winnipesaukee  Lake  Trans- 
portation Company.  She  was  renamed  "Belle  of  the 
Isles"  and  ran  until  1917,  when  she  was  considered  un- 
safe and  taken  from  the  water.  She  is  now  on  the  ways 
at  Lakeport. 

In  1905  the  "Governor  Endicott"  was  built  at  Lake- 
port  by  Mr.  Cottrell  of  Laconia.  She  is  owned  by  the 
Winnipesaukee  Lake  Transportation  Company,  and  runs 
between  Lakeport  and  Melvin  Village.  The  "Governor" 
is  one  hundred  feet  in  length,  and  is  at  present  the  second 
largest  boat  on  the  lake,  the  "Mt.  Washington"  being 
the  largest.  There  are  at  present  many  hundreds  of 
power-boats  on  Lake  Winnipesaukee,  by  far  the  greater 
part  of  them  gasoline  launches.  The  gasoline  engine 
has  almost  superseded  the  steam  engine  as  a  motive 
power,  for,  although  not  quite  as  reliable,  it  is  much  more 
convenient.  The  time  is  not  far  distant  when  the  steam- 
boat will  be  a  thing  of  the  past,  but  like  the  passing  of 
all  things  good  and  great,  it  will  be  laid  away  in  memory's 
storehouse. 

Four  years  before  any  Federal  statute  was  enacted  to 
provide  for  the  regulation  and  government  of  steam  ves- 
sels, the  State  of  Louisiana,  in  1834,  passed  a  law  for  the 
inspection  of  steamers  entering  or  plying  on  the  waters 
of  that  commonwealth.  The  law  established  the  office  of 
state  engineer,  whose  duty  it  was  to  examine  once  in 
every  three  months  the  strength  of  the  boilers  of  the 
steamboats  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  State,  and  to  test 


BY  FRANCIS   B.   C.   BRADLER  199 

them  by  hydrostatic  pressure  to  three  times  the  pressure 
of  steam  they  were  supposed  to  carry. 

In  case  of  accident,  if  the  steamer  did  not  possess  the 
proper  certificate,  neither  captain,  owner  or  agent  could 
recover  any  claim  for  freight,  and  the  captain  was  subject 
to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  $500  or  more  than  §2000,  and  to 
imprisonment  for  not  less  than  three  months  or  more  than 
three  years.  If  lives  were  lost,  the  captain  was  to  be 
adjudged  guilty  of  manslaughter.  The  same  penalties 
were  provided  in  case  of  any  accident  in  navigation  ;  for 
overloading,  racing,  carrying  higher  steam  than  the  cer- 
tificate allowed,  or  any  accident  that  might  occur  while 
the  captain,  pilot  or  engineer  was  engaged  in  gambling  or 
attending  to  any  game  of  chance  or  hazard. 

This  purely  local  enactment  was  followed  by  the  Act 
of  Congress  passed  July  7,  1838,  "to  provide  for  the 
better  security  of  the  lives  of  passengers  on  board  of  ves- 
sels propelled  in  whole,  or  in  part,  by  steam."  The  steam- 
boat inspectors  were  appointed  by  the  district  judges  of 
the  United  States  courts  in  the  several  districts,  and  were 
paid  the  sum  of  five  dollars  by  the  owner  of  the  vessel 
for  each  inspection.  Both  the  state  and  federal  measures 
were  passed  largely  owing  to  the  feeling  then  aroused  by 
the  numerous  explosions  of  steamboat  boilers,  and  at- 
tendant disasters  therefrom,  particularly  on  the  western 
and  southern  river  boats. 

The  federal  inspection  law  was  carried  out  with  ex- 
treme laxity,  the  examinations  of  the  vessels  being  almost 
in  the  nature  of  a  farce.  Some  idea  of  the  methods  then 
in  vogue  may  be  gained  by  quoting  part  of  the  testimony 
of  one  of  the  U.  S.  inspectors  before  the  jury  of  inquest 
called  to  determine  the  cause  of  the  loss  of  the  steamboat 
"Lexington"  by  fire  on  the  night  of  Jan.  13,  1840,  in 
Long  Island  Sound,  whereby  over  140  persons  lost  their 
lives : —     , 

"John  Clark  called.  I  live  at  83  Essex  street,  New 
York  City.  I  am  a  machinist  by  trade.  I  am  one  of 
the  U.  S.  steamboat  inspectors.  I  was  acquainted  with 
the  'Lexington.'  I  inspected,  with  Captain  Bunker,  the 
'Lexington'  on  the  1st  of  October  last,  1839.  Our  prac- 
tice in  inspecting  a  boat  is  to  go  on  board  and  look  round, 
examine  into  the  age  and  condition  of  the  boat,  etc.    Our 


200  STEAM  NAVIGATION   IN    NEW   ENGLAND 

certificates  relate  to  the  soundness  of  the  boilers,  engine 
and  hull  of  the  boat.  With  regard  to  the  steering  appa- 
ratus, I  don't  consider  we  have  anything  to  do  with  it. 
.  .  .  We  have  never  condemned  a  boat  or  stopped  its  running. 
We  have  restricted  boats  to  the  use  of  a  certain  amount 
of  steam.  .  .  After  looking  around  and  giving  our  cer- 
tificate, we  receive  our  fees,  on  the  occasion  of  in- 
specting a  boat."  .  .  . 

"TPie  examined  the  steamer  ^William  Young,'  and  found 
she  was  not  a  safe  or  seaworthy  vessel,  but  we  gave  a  certifi- 
cate that  she  was  a  suitable  boat  to  run  on  the  route.  The 
steamer  'Providence,'  running  to  Newport,  has  not  been 
inspected  during  the  past  year.  We  have  not  been  called 
on  to  inspect  her.  We  always  wait  for  the  owners  to  call 
first  upon  us.''''  .  .  . 

"Question  by  a  juror  (to  Mr.  Clark)  :  When  you  in- 
spect a  boat  you  look  at  the  wood  and  do  nothing  else  ? 
Answer  :  Yes,  we  take  our  fees.  Question  :  How  do  you 
examine  the  hull  of  a  vessel  ?  Answer:  Why,  I  examine 
it  with  my  eyes  ;  I  go  and  inquire  the  boat's  age  ;  I  ex- 
amine the  hull  and  look  at  the  engine.  How  much  do  you 
suppose  lam  to  do  for  five  dollars  V^ 

Part  of  the  opinion  and  verdict  delivered  by  the  jury 
was  as  follows : 

"It  is  the  opinion  of  this  jury  that  the  present  inspec- 
tors of  steamboats,  either  from  ignorance  or  neglect, 
have  suffered  the  steamboat  'Lexington'  to  navigate  the 
Sound  at  the  imminent  risk  of  the  lives  and  property  of 
the  passengers,  giving  a  certificate  stating  a  full  compli- 
ance with  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  while  in  our 
opinion  such  was  not  the  case." 

In  spite  of  this  severe  verdict,  however,  the  steamboat 
inspection  law  continued  to  be  enforced  in  a  very  lax 
manner,  or,  rather,  not  enforced  at  all.  Races  between 
opposing  craft  were  frequent  occurrences,  and  steam  was 
carried  beyond  all  reasonable  limits  in  boilers  not  calcu- 
lated to  bear  it.  The  marine  fraternity  and  the  travelling 
public  had  not  yet  been  educated  to  the  higher  criticism 
of  inspection,  and  any  restriction  placed  on  steamboat 
officers  would  have  been  considered  an  infringement  of 
their  rights  as  American  citizens. 

Finally,  however,  disasters  occurred  so  often  and   with 


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STEAMBOAT  "CITY  OF  PORTLAND" 
Built  in  I  860  as  the  New  Englmd.     Rebuilt  and  renamed  in  I  872. 


BY   FRANCIS  B.   C.   BRADLEE  201 

such  distressing  loss  of  life  that  public  opinion  became  thor- 
oughly aroused,  which  resulted  in  a  practically  new  steam- 
boat inspection  law  passed  by  Conojress  on  August  30, 
1852.  The  new  measure  was  radically  different  from  the 
old,  and,  quite  naturally,  far  stricter.  For  the  first  time 
it  was  made  compulsory  for  marine  steam  boilers  to  be 
tested  by  the  inspectors  ;  all  captains,  pilots  and  engineers 
of  steam  vessels  were  to  have  government  licenses ;  the 
use  cff  colored  running  lights  at  night  (as  at  present)  was 
first  instituted,  and  each  passenger  steamer  was  to  be 
equipped  with  a  certain  number  of  small  boats  and  life- 
saving  apparatus  based  on  the  vessel's  carrying  capacity 
and  the  waters  she  navigated. 

As  may  be  imagined,  the  passage  of  the  new  inspection 
law  had  been  bitterly  opposed  by  steam  shipping  interests, 
particularly  in  the  south  and  west,  but  the  decreasing 
number  of  accidents  and  explosions  soon  proved  its  use- 
fulness, especially  as  the  measure  was  enforced  more 
strictly  than  the  old  one  had  been.  The  New  York  Illus- 
trated News  for  January  29,  1853,  referring  to  the  then 
new  inspection  law,  said  :  "The  new  steamboat  law  meets 
with  but  little  favor  (in  the  west).  Its  usefulness  and 
practicability  is  very  much  doubted ;  it  is  a  humbug,  a 
bundle  of  absurdities — complicated,  contradictory,  and 
impracticable.  This  is  the  current  feeling  on  the  subject. 
No  party  can  be  benefitted  by  the  bill  but  the  manufac- 
turers of  Francis'  life  boat." 

In  1857,  after  the  loss  of  the  steamer  "Central  Amer- 
ica," which  foundered  in  a  storm  on  her  way  from  Havana 
to  New  York,  carrying  down  423  persons,  there  arose 
renewed  agitation  to  compel  steamship  owners  to  furnish 
their  craft  with  more  small  boats.  The  outcry  and  talk 
in  the  press  very  closely  resembled  that  which  followed 
the  loss  of  the  "Titanic"  in  1912. 

A  favorite  trick  in  early  days  among  some  shipowners 
was  that  if  their  steamer  did  not  have  the  required  num- 
ber of  small  boats  to  pass  the  law,  others  would  be  bor- 
rowed for  the  inspection  and  returned  after  the  "guests" 
had  left  the  vessel. 

As  the  years  went  by,  the  steamboat  inspection  laws 
have  been  amended  until  the  present  highly  developed 
system  has  resulted. 


DOCUMENTS  RELATING  TO  MARBLEHEAD, 
MASS. 


(^Continued  from  Vol.  LVI,  page  160.') 

Copy  of  Writ,  8  Mar.  1705/6,  Andrews  vs  English, 
trespass,  returnable  Common  Pleas  &c.,  in  June  1705, 
Andrews  was  possessed  of  goods  and  money  which  got 
into  English's  hands  who  converted  them  to  his  own  use 
&c,  including 

1  tawse  of  molasses,  68  gallons 

2  kilderkins  of  sugar  495  pounds 
1  barrel  of  rum  45  gallons 

1  kilderkin  of  lime  juice  25  gallons 

1  kilderkin  of  Angelico  water  32  gallons 

sails  &c  of  a  60  tun  Sloop 

15  pounds  in  Barbados  money,  17  penny  half  penny 
weight  each  peice  of  Eight,  total  value  X78.  Defendant 
pleads  not  guilty.     Served. 

Mass.  Archives,  vol.  JpO^  pp.  90Jf--5, 

Copy  Court  Record,  Inferior  Court,  held  at  Ipswich, 
Mar.  26,  1706,  jury  returns  verdict  for  Andrews  with 
costs.     English  appeals  to  next  Superior  Court. 

Mass.  Archives^  vol.  40,  p-  895. 

Copy,  Reasons  of  Appeal,  filed  Apr.  29,  1706,  by  Paul 
Dudley,  Attorney  for  English,  general  denial,  much  of 
said  goods  never  received,  as  by  manifest,  rest  held  for 
charges,  &c. 

Mass.  Archives,  vol.  Jfi,  pp.  896-7. 

Copy  of  agreement  signed  by  English  and  Calley  in 
presence  of  Margaret  Sewall  J  unior,  to  submit  same  to 
arbitration. 

Mass.  Archives,  vol.  Jfi,  p.  891. 

(202) 


DOCUMENTS  DELATING  TO   MARBLEHBAD,   MASS.    203 

Copy  of  Complaint  Nov.  1706,  of  Capt.  Calley  to  Su- 
perior Court,  asking  affirmation  of  Inferior  Court's  ver- 
dict, pcrsuant  to  action  of  Generall  Court. 

Mass.  Archives,  vol.  40,  p.  900. 

Copy  of  letter,  11  Jan.  1706/7,  Andrew  Belcher  to  Mr. 
Andrews,  referring  to  copies  made  at  joint  cost  and  asking 
return,  to  Mr.  English  of  3  evidences  made  at  his  cost 
and  sent  Andrews  by  mistake. 

Mass.  Archives,  vol.  40,  f.  902. 

Copy  of  Testimony,  10  Feb.  1706/7,  of  Samuel  Lillie, 
arbitrator,  as  to  extension  of  time  on  bond,  action  de- 
ferred till  expiration  of  same  on  account  of  Belcher's 
public  and  private  affairs,  and  Calley's  refusal  to  further 
extend  time. 

Mass.  Archives,  vol.  40,  p.  903. 

Copy  of  testimony  of  And.  Belcher,  21  Feb.  1706/7, 
partially  confirming  above,  and  reason  of  dropping  was 
Calley's  absence  in  public  service  and  English  being  out 
of  Town. 

Mass.  Archives,  vol.  IjO,  p.  902. 

Copy  of  Superior  Court  Record,  May  20,  1707,  Ips- 
wich, affirmation  of  Inferior  Court's  action.  Mar.  26,  1706, 
persuant  to  petition  of  Capt.  Calley,  November  last,  con- 
tinued to  this  Session. 

Ma^s.  Archives^  vol.  40,  p.  906. 

Captain  Stuckley 
Sir 

I  received  his  Excellency  the  Governours  orders  with 
the  Inclosed  and  was  Immediately  to  send  an  Express 
with  the  same,  which  accordingly  comes  by  the  sloop  May 
Flower  Michael  Coorabes  Pilot  and  master  of  said  Sloop, 
I  Imprest  both  sloop  &  men,  and  they  to  be  discharged 
upon  delivery  of  the  Letter  directed  to  your  self,  they 
are  upon  a  Fishing  Voyage  and  thought  it  better  to  send 
them,  then  a  vessell  on  purpose  to  Returne,  You  haveing 


204   DOCUMENTS   RELATING   TO   MARBLEHEAD,  MASS. 

many  Vessels  to  send  upon  occasion.  I  begg  &  desire  of 
you  to  discharge  the  Sloop  &  men  upon  delivery  of  the 
Letter  and  you  will  much  oblidge 

Your  Humble  servantt  at  Comand 

Edward  Brattle 
Marblehead,  May  27th,  1707. 
[Backed]     On  Her  Majestys  Service 

To  Captain  Charles  Stuckley 

Comander  of  Her  Majestys  Ship 
Deptford. 
At  Port  Koyal  or  parts  Adjacent. 

Mass.  Archives,  vol.  63,  p.  87. 

In  the  House  of  Representatives,  June  10th,  1707. 

Whereas  this  House  the  12th  of  November  last,  Passed 
&  sent  up  the  Resolve  following  vizt.  Resolved  That  the 
sums  demanded  for  the  support  of  souldiers  Posted  at 
Salem  &  Marblehead  be  not  allowed  by  his  Excellency 
&  Councill,  until  this  House  have  had  the  charge  thereof 
laid  before  them,  &  consented  unto  the  Muster  Rols  that 
may  be  brought  in. 

Which  Consent  has  not  been  given,  but  since  that  time 
we  find  in  the  Treasurer's  accompts  allowance  has  been 
made  contrary  to  the  said  Resolve. 

Ordered  That  his  Excellency  and  Councill  be  Prayed 
to  Reconsider  said  Resolve  That  their  acting  contrary 
thereunto  is  a  Grievance  to  this  House  And  that  Remedy 
be  made  by  an  Addition  of  the  sum  of  one  hundred  forty 
one  Pounds  seven  shillings  &  one  peny  to  the  Tax  of  the 
Town  of  Salem  &  of  forty  six  Pounds  nine  shillings  & 
seven  pence  to  the  Tax  of  the  Town  of  Marblehead  in  the 
Tax  to  be  levyed  this  session,  the  said  sums  having  been 
drawn  out  of  the  Treasury  for  their  Forts,  since  the  said 
time.  And  that  no  such  further  allowance  be  made  for 
support  of  said  Forts,  untill  this  Generall  Assembly  have 
Granted  the  same,  In  that  we  conceive  such  sums  Drawn 
out  of  the  Treasury  cannot  be  reckoned  among  incident 
&  contingent  Charges. 

John  Burrill  Speaker. 

In  Council  10th  June,  1707.     Read. 

Mass.  Archives,  vol.  71,  p.  Sljd. 


DOCUMENTS   RELATING  TO   MAKBLEHEAD,   MASS.    205 

To  his  Excellency  Joseph  Dudley  Esquire,  Captain 
Generall  &  Governour  in  Chief  in  &  over  her  Majesties 
Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  &  New  hampshire  in 
New  England  &  the  Honourable  the  Council  &  Repre- 
sentatives in  General  Court  assembled  at  Boston. 

The  Peticon  of  William  Wood  of  Marblehead  in  the 
County  of  Essex  Innholder. 

Humbly  Sheweth 

That  Whereas  Robert  Bartlet  of  Marblehead  aforesaid 
shoreman  June  the  16th  1707  brought  an  Action  or  Plea 
of  the  Case  upon  an  Act  of  this  Province  for  Settling 
Bounds  before  a  Justice  of  the  Peace  For  Your  Petition- 
ers not  perambulating  &  settling  of  Bounds  with  him  the 
said  Bartlet  according  to  said  Bartlet's  pretended  previ- 
ous notification  as  in  &  by  the  Originall  Writ  more  at 
large  is  alledged  To  which  your  Petitioner  among  other 
things  Pleaded  That  he  had  within  two  years  by  severall 
months  run  &  settled  the  Bounds  with  Mr.  Erasmus 
James  his  then  next  neighbouring  Proprietor  of  the  Land 
on  that  side  which  said  Bartlet  by  his  said  Writs  pretends 
to,  which  the  Justice  over  ruling  gave  Sentance  or  Judg- 
ment for  Bartlet  the  then  Plaintif  from  which  your  Pe- 
titioner Appealed  to  the  next  Inferiour  Court  where  your 
Petitioner  among  other  Pleas  insisted  upon  his  aforesaid 
Plea  of  his  running  &  setting  Bounds  as  aforesaid  with 
Erasmus  James  his  next  neighbouring  proprietor  &  legal 
possessor  of  the  said  laud  said  Bartlet  now  pretends  to  as 
aforesaid,  &  that  within  two  years  as  aforesaid  And  then 
&  there  gave  in  full  Evidences  of  said  Erasmus  James's 
being  in  quiet  &  legall  Actuall  possession  of  the  said  Land 
next  adjoyning  to  your  Petitioner  on  that  side  as  above 
expressed  And  produced  &  put  into  Court  the  Act  or 
Order  of  the  Generall  Court  Confirming  said  Erasmus 
James's  said  possession  (which  was  bj-^  vertue  of  an  Exe- 
cucon)  to  be  good  against  said  Bartlett's  Suit  &  contin- 
ued molestations  during  the  time  of  said  James's  posses- 
sion by  vertue  of  his  said  Execution. 

Yet  never  the  less  the  Cause  being  admitted  to  a  Jury 
they  brought  and  persisted  in  their  verdict  against  your 
Petitioner  Whereupon  the  justices  of  the  said  Inferior 
Court  who  were  members  of  the  Honourable  Councill  & 


206      DOCUMENTS   RELATING   TO   MARBLEHBAD,   MASS. 

that  Generall  Court  &  being  Conscious  to  their  Act  or 
Order  Confirming  said  Erasmus  James's  possession  as 
aforesaid  during  the  time  of  the  said  Execution  declared 
they  could  not  be  of  Opinion  with  that  Jury  and  Granted 
your  Petitioner's  Motion  in  Stay  of  Judgement  for  their 
farther  Consideracon  &  Advisement  upon  the  Premises. 
Wherefore  your  Petitioner  Prayes  Your  Excellency  & 
Honourable  Generall  Court  to  take  the  premises  into  your 
prudent  &  just  Consideracon  &  render  the  said  Act  or 
Order  of  the  said  General  Court  for  confirming  said  Eras- 
mus James's  possession  as  aforesaid  during  the  validity 
of  his  said  Execution  as  good  &  beneficial  for  your  Peti- 
tioner against  this  Bartletts  litigious  &  vexatious  suit  And 
also  that  you  would  give  such  explanacon  of  that  Para- 
graph of  the  Law  (for  Proprietors  Settling  bounds  in  two 
years  space),  that  your  Petitioner  may  be  at  peace  &  rest 
&  not  obliged  (as  he  humbly  conceives  he  is  not  by  that 
Law)  to  be  runing  &  settling  his  bounds  every  month 
and  with  anybody  or  in  less  than  2  years  as  the  said  Rob- 
ert Bartlett  would  have  it,  &  Also  that  the  said  Jury's 
Verdict  may  be  Quasht  &  made  null  And  your  Petitioner 
shall  ever  pray  &c. 

William  Wood. 

In  the  House  of  Representatives  Aug.  15,  1707.    Read 
&  sent  up 

In  the  House  of  Representatives  Nov.  21,  1707.    Read 
&  sent  up. 

[Endorsed]  Petition  of  Wm.  Wood. 

Aug.  14,  1707.     10/  received  with  it. 

Mass.  Archives,  vpl.  113,  p.  Jfil. 

Plains  Farm  Case,  summary,  rearranged. 
Copy,  summons,  16  July  1706,  Wm.  Woods,  inholder, 
Marblehead,  vs.  Robert  Bartlet,  same,  shoreman,  trespass 
on  land  of  Woods  abutting  on  land  late  in  controversy 
between  Erasmus  James  and  said  Bartlett,  in  entering, 
mowing  &c  of  English  hay,  returnable  before  Stephen 
Sewall  J.  P.  Salem  &c.  Defendant,  General  denial,  return 
by  Obadiah  Bredges  Constable  of  Marblehead  July  23, 
1706. 

Mass.  Archives,  vol.  40,  p.  921. 


DOCUMBNTS  EELATING  TO   MARBLEHEAD,   MASS.      207 

Copy  of  Court  Record,  May  16,  1707,  before  Sewall, 
as  above,  Bartlett  vs  Wood,  neglect  of  perambulation  as 
by  writ  June  6,  1707(?),  for  Bartlet  10s  and  costs.  Wood 
appeals  to  Inferior,  sureties  Erasmus  James  and  James 
Dennis. 

Mass.  Archives,  vol.  Ifi,  -p.  922. 

Copy,  Court  Record  Inferior  Salem  June  24,  1707, 
Jury  find  for  Bartlet  in  confirmation  with  costs.  Judge- 
ment stayed  until  next  Court  at  Newbury.  Newbury, 
Sept.  30,  1707,  further  continued,  pending  action  by 
Generall  Court. 

Mass.  Archives,  vol,  Jfi,  p.  923. 

Copy,  Court  Record,  Inferior,  Salem,  Nov.  25,  1707, 
further  continued  as  above. 

Mass.  Archives,  vol.  40,  p.  925. 

Petition  Feb.  26,  1708,  Bartlett,  as  above,  since  which 
Woods  has  deceased,    no  remedy  but  Generall  Court    &c. 

Mass.  Archives,  vol.  Ifi.  p.  920. 

Copy,  Court  Record,  Inferior,  Ipswich,  Mar.  30,  1108, 
Justices  not  agreeing  .  .  .  equally  divided  ...  no 
judgement. 

Mass.  Archives,  vol.  40,  p.  924. 

Petition,  Oct.  20,  1708,  Bartlett  to  Gov.,  Council  and 
House,  in  Generall  Court,  &c.  Obtained  judgement  be- 
fore Mr.  Justice  Sewall,  confirmed  at  Inferior  Court,  24 
June  1707,  unable  to  obtain  judgement  in  six  Courts 
since,  asks  that  Judges  may  be  ordered  to  enter  Judge- 
ment 

Mass.  Archives,  vol.  Jfi,  p.  926. 

This  may  Certify  That  Thomas  Pousland  served  as 
Gunner  of  Her  Majesties  fort  at  Marblehead  by  vertue  of 
His  Excellency  the  Governour's  warrant  from  the  2d  day 
of  Aprill  1707  to  the  2d  day  of  Aprill  1708 

Edward  Brattle  Captain 

[Backed]  Certificate  for  Tho.  Pousland  Gunner  at 
Marblehead  Fort. 

Mass.  Archives,  vol.  71,  p.  4^9. 

Essex  ss.  To  mr.  Joshua  Orne  Constable  of  Lyn  yon 
are  Required  In  her  Majesties  Name    to    Gard  and  Con- 


208    DOCniCBNTS   BKLATIN6  TO  MABBL£HEAD,   MASS. 

duct  the  French  Prisoners  that  the  Leftenant  of  the  Fal- 
moath  put  on  shore  in  Marblehead  from  Marblehead  to 
Winnesimitt  and  there  deliver  them  to  the  Sheriff  of 
Suffolk  ;  provided  there  be  no  Cruelty  used  to  said  French 
Prisoners  and  the  abovesaid  persons  by  Vertue  of  his  Ex- 
cellencies warrant  are  Required  in  her  Majesties  name  to 
Grard  &  Conduct  said  Prisoners  as  Abovesaid  Salem  29th 
November  1708 

William  Gedney  Sheriff 
November  29,  1708.     Constable  of  Lyn  with  four  men 
to  assist  him  in  conducting  the  above  prisoners  to  Boston 
with  foive  horses  to  help  them  along  0 — 16 — 0 

Expended 0—02—0 

Joseph  Jacobs  Constable  in  Lyn. 
Mass.  Archives^  vol.  71^  p.  47S. 

In  the  House   of  Representatives    February  9th  1709 
Resolved  That  the  Sum  of  Thirty  shillings  be  allowed  & 
paid  out  of  the  Publick   Treasury   to  Joseph    Jacobs  for 
the  Accompt  on  the  other  side  &  that  annexed. 
Sent  up  for  Concurrence. 

John  Clark  Speaker 
February  10th  1709.     In  Council 

Read  and  Concurred  Isaac  Addington  Secretary. 

Mass.  Archives^  vol.  71y  p.  4^0. 

Essex  ss.  To  the  Constables  of  Lynn  in  the  County 
of  Essex  Greeting 

These  are  in  her  Majesties  Name  to  require  you,  or 
some  one  of  you,  to  receive  three  french  prissoners,  and 
forthwith  to  transmit  them  to  Boston  to  his  Excellency. 
Capt,  Cyperan  Southwark  having  sent  them  to  me  by  his 
Excellency  order.  Hereof  fail  not.  dated  at  Marblehead 
the  16th  of  Aprill  1709 

John  Legg  Justis  pecis 
Aprill  16,  1709     Lyn  Constable  &  one   man  with  him 
&  two  horses  one  day    to  Carry   the   above   prisoners  to 
Boston,  0—8—0 

Expended  on  the  prisoners  &  ferridge  0 — 4 — 0 

Joseph  Jacobs  Constable  in  Lyn. 

Mass.  Archives,  vol.  71,  p.  479. 
(JTo  he  continued) 


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BEVERLY  IN  1700.     NO.  6. 


BY   SIDNEY   PEELEY. 


This  portion  of  Beverly  is  known  as  Beverly  Farms. 
The  region  covered  is  three  miles  in  length,  southwesterly 
and  northeasterly,  and  one  and  one-half  miles  in  width, 
northwesterly  and  southeasterly. 

In  the  spring  of  1717,  a  slight  attempt  was  made  to 
have  this  section  of  Beverly  set  off  to  Manchester.  At  a 
town  meeting  in  Manchester,  June  3,  1717,  it  was  "voted 
to  chues  A  man  to  send  to  the  Jennerel  Cort  with  the 
men  of  the  farm  of  Capten  wests  of  beverly  with  A  pe- 
tesion  in  order  to  get  them  of  from  beverly,"  and  "Cap. 
John  Knolton  is  Chosen  to  go  with  such  Jantel  men  of 
Capten  wests  farm  as  they  shall  Apint  to  go  to  the  Jen- 
neral  Cort  with  A  petesion  for  thare  geting  of  from 
beverly  to  us  at  Manchester  And  Allso  to  Rays  our 
formmer  petession  if  he  thinks  it  best."  Several  at- 
tempts were  made  a  generation  ago  to  have  this  section 
of  Beverly  incorporated  as  a  separate  town  to  be  known 
as  Beverly  Farms. 

A  part  of  Manchester  is  included  in  this  article  and 
plan. 

The  tidal  water  off  this  portion  of  the  shore  was  called 
the  sea  very  early. 

The  beach  was  called  ye  Long  beach  as  early  as  1684, 
and  has  been  known  as  West  beach  ever  since    that  time. 

Plum  cove  was  so  called  as  early  as  1673,  and  the  small 
pond  near  it  was  known  as  Plum  Cove  pond. 

The  easterly  side  of  Chubb's  creek  was  called  Chubb's 
point  in  1699 ;  and  the  creek  was  called  Chubb's  creek  at 
the  same  time.  The  source  of  its  northern  branch  was 
early  called  Lily  Pond  brook.  The  brook  was  also  called 
Gate  brook  about  1700,  probably  because  there  was  a  gate 
in  the  way  at  the  town  line. 

(209) 


210  BEVERLY  IN   1700.   NO.    6 

The  large  pond  that  once  existed  in  the  rear  of  West 
beach  was  called  Blackleach's  pond  as  early  as  1671,  and 
Great  pond  in  1684.  It  broke  into  the  ocean  in  1696, 
and  ran  awaj^ 

Rattlesnake  point  was  so  called  as  early  as  1702. 

Hooppole  hill  was  so  called  in  1713. 

Round  plain  was  so  called  in  1723. 

Woods  Egypt  was  known  by  that  name  as  early  as 
1760. 

Raccoon  swamp  was  so  called  as  early  as  1779. 

Malt  hill  was  known  by  that  name  in  1856. 

In  1700,  there  was  but  one  highway  in  this  locality  in 
general  use.  It  was  practically  the  present  Hale  street. 
The  original  road  was  laid  out  from  Salem  to  Jeffry's 
Creek  (Manchester)  in  16-^6.  It  followed  the  seashore 
as  nearly  as  it  was  physically  possible.  At  the  Manches- 
ter town  line,  it  was  diverted  up  the  Lily  Pond  brook,  in 
what  has  lately  been  called  Bow  street,  but  it  was  straight- 
ened at  this  place  many  years  ago  and  located  where  it  now 
runs.  At  West  beach,  it  ran  along  the  high-water  line, 
between  the  pond  and  the  beach.  It  ran  around  Paine's 
or  Allen's  promontory  as  best  it  could,  and  at  Plum  cove 
it  passed  over  the  brook  between  the  pond  and  cove.  The 
original  way  was  defined  by  a  committee  of  Beverly  and 
Manchester  March  10,  1696-6,  as  follows : — 

Whearas  complaint  hath  of  late  been  made  especlaly  by  sum  of 
ye  inhabitants  of  Manchester  yt  ye  highway  or  country  road  within 
ye  township  of  Beverly  betwen  Manchester  &  Beverly  Meeting 
house  hath  cow  lots  lye  in  sum  plaees  stopt  &  bard  to  ye  prejudice 
of  Travelers  &  ye  sd  highways  in  sum  parts  of  it  having  gon  sum 
times  in  one  place  &  sum  times  in  another  &  it  being  unsertain  to 
both  towns  which  is  right  ye  sd  towns  viz:  Beverly  &  Manchester 
have  for  ye  removal  of  such  impediments  at  present  &  preventing 
of  such  incumbrances  for  ye  future  Apointed  a  committee  from 
each  town  to  set  &  apoint  wheare  sd  highway  shall  goe  as  they  shall 
judge  most  convenient  for  both  as  by  their  respective  records  may 
appear  beverlys  bearing  date  ye  18*^  Septr  1695  and  Manchester  ye 
20*11  of  September  1695.  Wee  under  named  being  ye  Major  part  of 
y*  comitte  apointed  for  sd  servise  being  mett  together  on  ye  place 
on  ye  23*1  of  Sept.  1695  have  settled  as  foUoweth  viz.  from  manches- 
ter  to  farmer  west  his  house  &  by  sd  house  &  thence  westward  to  ye 
estward  end  of  ye  pond  as  ye  way  now  goeth  &  to  be  in  breadth  two 
pole  &  from  thence  to  be  4  pole  wide  from  high  watter  mark  upward 
nntill  it  comes  to  Benjamin  Woodberys  upland  &  from  thence 
through  sd  Woodberyes  orchard  &  through  his  cornefeild  &  soe  to  a 
blaek  oack  A   little  to  ye  westward  of   sd  benjamin  woodberyes 


Br   SIDNEY   PERLEY  211 

Dwelling  house  &  to  be  2  pole  wide  &  from  thence  over  y*  hill  as 
ye  way  now  goes  &  soe  along  sd  way  untill  it  shall  come  unto  A 
marked  white  pine  &  soe  to  A  white  oak  stump  marked  on  8  sides 
&  thence  to  a  small  white  pine  marked  on  3  sides  &  thence  to  a 
walnut  marked  on  3  sides  &  from  thence  to  A  black  oack  marked 
on  3  sides  &  from  thence  westward  to  A  Rock  &  thence  to  A  pichpine 
marked  as  before  &  soe  over  plumb  cove  pond  &  thenc  to  y«  point 
of  Rocks  northeast  of  Richard  Overs  pasture  next  plnmb  cove  & 
soe  into  y®  road  y*  now  is  sd  highway  to  be  southerly  from  all 
y«  forementioned  bounds  &  to  be  2  pole  wide  &  from  thence  to 
beverly  meeting  house  as  y«  way  now  goes  &  to  be  2  pols  wide  &  it 
is  Agreed  upon  by  &  between  y®  comittee  undernamed  &  Richard 
thissill  in  consideration  of  y^  highways  going  over  plumb  cove 
pond  sd  richard  thissell  is  to  Alow  all  y«  Land  yo  sd  highway  goeth 
over  or  taketh  away  of  his 
This  is  a  true  coppy  of  y®  originall  as  attest 

by  me  Thomas  Tewxbbby  Clari: 

John  Dodge  Wili,  Raymont  John  Siblee 

Andrew  Eliott     paule  thobndik       Robabt  Leach 

SAMUELii  Allen  sen' 

The  sand  bank  gave  way,  probably  under  pressure  of 
the  spring  freshet,  in  1696,  and  the  pond  ran  into  the  sea. 

In  the  succeeding  October,  the  towns  held  meetings  to 
oonsider  as  to  what  should  be  done  about  the  way. 

At  a  town  meeting  leagualy  warned  and  mett  togather  in  manches- 
ter  on  the  19*^^  Day  of  October  1696  Whearas  the  country  highway 
which  was  lately  Laid  out  within  the  presinks  of  the  town  of  beav- 
erly  on  the  beach  namely  wests  beach  being  now  brocken  up  by 
reason  of  the  pond  breacking  into  the  sea  which  makes  that  part  of 
the  way  very  hazardable  and  Dificult  for  travillers  and  it  being  sig- 
nified to  us  by  the  sd  town  of  beverly  their  redines  to  consider  and 
Doe  that  which  may  be  best  and  most  secure  and  convenient  for 

travillers  by  renewing  or  Laying  out  a  way it   may  be  found  as 

sich  gentelmen  of  beverly  and  manchester  that  are  chosen  and  im- 
powered  by  each  town  respectively  them  or  the  majer  part  of  them 

Doo  Agree  and  in  order we  the  said  town  of  manchester  have  af 

this  metin  chosen  and  fully  Impowered  lieft.  John  Siblee  robert 
leech  Samuell  allin  sinor  Joseph  wodbery  John  ley  Jams  pitman 
they  or  the  mager  part  of  them  to  joyn  with  sich  gentlemen  of 
beverly  as  are  alike  chosen  and  Impowered  by  sd  beverly  to  doo  the 
work  above  sd.* 

The  committees  appointed  by  the  towns  of  Beverly  and 
Manchester  proceeded  to  lay  out  a  new  highway,  and  re- 
ported as  follows  : — 

We  whose  names  are  underwritten  being  committies  chosen  by 
each  of  our  towns  viz.  beverly  &  manchester  to  lay  out  a  contry 
highway  in  sd  town  of  beverly  towards  manchester  in  such  a  place 
and  places  whare  by  reason  of  a  breach  or  eruption  at  y^  Beach 
between  Mr  beniamin  woodberys  &  Mr  Thomas  Wests  such  a  contry 

'Manchester  Town  Records,  volume  1,  page  65. 
'Manchester  Town  Records,  volume  I,  page  75. 


212  BEVERLY   IN   1700.   NO.   6 

road  or  highway  as  is  needful  and  wanted  we  Doe  agree  &  for  a  final 
Ishewe  &  conclution  about  the  aforesd  matter  Doe  determine  that 
the  contry  road  or  highway  from  Mr.  Thomas  West  aforesd  toward 
beverly  shall  begin  at  the  west  end  of  sd  wests  cassway  whare  the 
way  was  formerly  laid  ont  &  so  from  thence  by  a  3  raild  fence  on 
the  rigt  hand  and  so  neer  straight  til  you  com  to  the  next  hill  in  sd 
wests  field  &  from  thence  betwen  sd  Wests  old  field  &  his  middle 
field  to  a  vally  leading  down  to  his  meddow  allmost  at  the  head  of 
the  pond  &  over  sd  meddow  to  the  sd  wests  Land  on  the  norwest  side 
of  sd  meddow  &  from  thence  over  the  hill  on  sd  wests  Land  till  you 
come  to  the  common  on  the  north  of  Cornelius  larcoms  Land  & 
from  thence  over  sd  common  Land  southwesterly  till  you  come  to 
sd  beniamin  woodberys  most  southerly  bars  that  let  out  into  the 
common  Land  aforesd  &  from  sd  bars  into  &  through  sd  woodberys 
pasture  Land  southwesterly  tell  you  come  to  the  old  highway  at  a 
white  pine  tree  marked  on  2  sides  sd  pine  tree  standing  on  the  south 
side  of  sd  way  In  witness  whareof  &  for  the  full  confirmation  of 
all  &  singular  the  primises  abovsd  we  the  sd  committies  have  heir- 
unto  interchangably  set  our  hands  this  29*1*  day  of  March  1697 

!  Andrew  Ehott 
paul  thobkdik 
william  baymond 
Samuell  Coening 

iJOHN  SiBLEE 
Robert  Lbaoh 
Samuell  Allin  senier 
John  Ley' 

At  a  Leagule  Towne  meeting  of  the  Inhabitants  of  y«  Towne  of 
Beuerly  on  the  29tii  day  of  march  1697  ...  it  was  voated  that  where 
as  by  ye  breaking  out  of  the  pond  into  the  fea  at  y®  long  Beach  be- 
tween our  Towne  and  manchefter  Commonly  knowen  by  the  name 
of  ffarmer  wefts  Beach  the  which  ocafions  the  laying  out  of  a  new 
way  from  plumb  Coue  to  farmer  wefts  land  the  which  doth  Require 
Extraordinary  Charge  for  the  making  of  fd  way  It  is  there  fore 
voated  as  aboue  sd  that  the  Towne  f  hall  make  fd  way  in  Eaquall 
proportion  and  y«  four  furveyors  are  to  warne  fuch  to  work  for  the 
makeing  of  fd  way  as  belong  to  their  fquadrons  in  Eaquall  propo 
tion  according  to  the  number  of  men  in  Each  part.* 

The  present  Hale  street  between  Mingo  beach  and 
Pride's  Crossing  was  laid  out  by  a  jury  of  the  Court  of 
General  Sessions  Aug.  29,  1702. 

The  eastern  end  of  West  street  was  a  causeway  three 
hundred  and  sixty-three  feet  in  length.  John  West  or  his 
son  Capt.  Thomas  West  had  contracted  to  keep  it  in  re- 
pair ;  and,  Jan.  21, 1760,  Robert  Haskell,  Benjamin  Wood- 
bury, Mary  Woodbury,  widow  of  Capt.  Robert  Woodbury, 
deceased,  Mary  West  alias  Martin  and  Henry  Herrick,  jr., 
guardian  of  the  heirs    of  Thomas    West,  all  of  Beverly, 

'Manchester  Town  Records,  volume  I,  page  54. 
^Town  Records  of  Beverly. 


BY  SIDNEY  PERLEY  215 

agreed  to  divide  the  causeway  into  seven  parts,  which 
each  respectively  was  to  keep  in  repair.  Robert  Haskell 
was  assigned  five  rods  of  its  southwesterly  end,  "begin- 
ning at  ye  southernmost  large  stone  of  said  Casway ;" 
Benjamin  Woodbury  the  next  one  and  three-fourths  rods  ; 
Mary  Woodbury  the  next  one  and  three-fourths  rods ; 
Mary  West  alias  Martin  the  next  two  and  one-half  rods 
(which  extends  one-half  a  rod  northerly  of  ye  sluice  of 
ye  north  bridge),  being  two  parts ;  and  Henry  Herrick, 
guardian  of  the  male  heirs  of  Thomas  West,  deceased, 
two  parts,  eleven  rods  of  the  northerly  end  of  the  cause- 
way.^ 

At  Plum  cove,  the  original  highway  was  called  "the 
ould  Country  Rhod"  in  1716  ;  that  lane  that  goes  to  Ben- 
jamin Smith's  dwelling  house  in  1756 ;  and  the  way  to 
Plum  cove  so  called  in  1762.  The  present  road  was  called 
the  country  highway  in  1723  ;  the  country  highway  that 
leads  to  Manchester  in  1730  ;  the  public  road  that  leads 
from  Essex  bridge  to  Manchester  in  1796  ;  the  highway 
leading  towards  Gloucester  from  the  South  meeting  house 
in  Beverly  in  1825 ;  and  Hale  street  as  early  as  1840. 

Thistle  street  was  laid  out  and  recorded  at  the  meeting 
of  the  selectmen  of  Beverly  March  18,  1678-9,  it  being 
recorded  as  follows  : — 

a  Cartway  begininge  at  the  Cuntry  Road  that  comes  from  man- 
chester  and  soe  northeast  through  the  Land  of  Capt  Dixie  and  the 
land  of  Richard  Thistle  and  soe  into  the  Oommon  which  way  is  to 
be  two  pole  wide 

Hale  and  Hart  streets,  from  the  eastern  junction  of 
Hale  and  West  streets  to  the  Wenham  line,  was  a  private 
way  of  Capt.  Thomas  West  from  his  landing  place  (where 
the  Corporation  bath  house  is  located)  to  the  northern 
portion  of  his  farm.  It  was  petitioned  for  by  inhabitants 
of  Ipswich,  Manchester  and  Wenham,  "from  the  Country 
Road  or  Highway  that  leads  from  Beverly  to  Manchester 
near  to  Thomas  West's  Dwelling  House  to  the  Highway 
that  Wenham  hath  laid  out  and  well  Repaired  that  leadeth 
towards  Manchester  over  the  Easterly  part  of  the  town- 
ship of  Wenham,"  as  a  highway  in  December,  1734.  It 
was  called  Hart  street  in  1844. 

'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  97,  leaf  169. 


214  BEVERLY  IN   1700.   NO.    6 

West  street  was  so  called  in  1845. 

Grove  street  was  so  called  in  1854; ;  and  "Central  now 
Grove  street"  in  1873. 

High  street  was  so  called  in  1857. 

Beach  street  was  so  called  in  1864. 

Oak  street  was  so  called  in  1866, 

Hull's  lane  was  so  called  in  1869. 

Haskell  street  was  so  called  in  1871. 

Valley  street  was  so  called  in  1871. 

Juniper  street  was  so  called  in  1873. 

Hemlock  street  was  so  called  in  1877. 

Greenwood  avenue  was  so  called  in  1884. 

Robert  Morgan  House.  The  town  of  Salem  early  grant- 
ed to  Jeffry  Eastie  twenty  acres  of  land,  and  ten  acres 
more  to  be  added  to  it  Jan.  21,  1638-9,  the  whole  consti- 
tuting this  lot  of  thirty  acres.  For  thirty  shillings,  he 
conveyed  it  to  William  Dixie  Oct.  6,  1651 ;'  and  William 
Dixey  of  Beverly  conveyed  it  to  Samuel  Morgan  of  Mar- 
blehead  June  20,  1681.2  Sergeant  Morgan's  son  Robert 
Morgan  probably  built  a  house  upon  this  lot  about  1692, 
and  lived  in  it.  Sergeant  Morgan  died  late  in  1698,  hav- 
ing devised  this  lot  to  his  son  Robert,  who  already  lived 
upon  it.  The  house  was  standing  in  1703;  and  was 
doubtless  occupied  by  him  for  many  years.  He  died  July 
16,  1762,  at  the  age  of  ninety-three. 

Richard  Ober  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  granted  by 
the  town  of  Salem  to  Richard  Lambert  Jan.  21,  1639-40. 
It  was  later  owned  by  Mr.  Thorndike,  who  sold  it  to  Rice 
Edwards,  who  resigned  it  up  to  the  town  of  Salem.  Later, 
Nicholas  Woodbery  of  Beverly,  yeoman,  became  its  owner; 
and,  for  love,  conveyed  it  to  his  daughter  Abigail,  wife  of 
Richard  Ober,  Feb.  18,  1676-7.3 

Richard  Thistle  of  Beverly,  mariner,  for  fifty  shillings, 
conveyed  to  Mr.  Ober,  then  of  Beverly,  mariner,  the 
northwesterly  corner  of  it,  containing  one  hundred  rods, 
Sept.  28,  1687.* 

Mr.  Ober  owned  the  whole  lot  in  1700. 

'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  1,  leaf  11. 
'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  8,  leaf  137. 
'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  19,  leaf  147. 
"Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  22,  leaf  270. 


BY  SroNEY  PERLEY  '      215 

Richard  Thistle  House.  This  lot  of  land  originally  be- 
longed to  Jeffry  Thistle,  who  came  from  Abbotsbury,  Dor- 
setshire, England,  and  died  in  the  spring  of  1676.  The 
lot  belonged  to  his  eldest  son  Richard  Thistle  in  1673 ; 
and  there  was  a  house  upon  it  in  1678,  which  then  be- 
longed to  Richard  Thistle.  The  house  was  there  in  1703, 
also.  Mr.  Thistle  became  a  husbandman ;  and  conveyed 
the  house  and  homestead  lands  to  his  son  Richard  Thistle 
of  Beverly,  husbandman,  Aug.  4,  1707.  Mr.  Thistle,  the 
father,  died  Oct.  18,  1716 ;  and  his  widow  Elizabeth  This- 
tle released  her  interest  in  the  estate,  for  seventy  pounds, 
to  her  son  Richard  Thistle  Dec.  3,  1715.1  Peter  Pride  of 
Beverly,  weaver  alias  fisherman,  and  wife  Hannah  con- 
veyed to  Ebenezer  Thistle  of  Beverly,  weaver  alias  fisher^ 
man,  "our  interest"  in  the  estate  of  said  Richard  Thistle 
and  his  widow  Elizabeth  Feb.  8,  1716-6  -^  and  on  the 
same  day  Elizabeth  Thistle,  jr.,  singlewoman,  for  five 
pounds,  conveyed  her  interest  in  the  estate  to  Ebenezer 
Thistle  ;8  Benjamin  Cole  of  Beverly,  fisherman,  and  wife 
Sarah,  for  five  pounds,  conveyed  their  interest  in  said 
house  and  land  to  him  ;*  and  Robert  Sallows  of  Beverly, 
fisherman,  for  five  pounds  and  ten  shillings,  conveyed  the 
interest  of  his  four  daughters  by  his  late  wife  Mary  in 
the  estate  to  him.*  Twenty  days  later,  Ebenezer  Thistle, 
for  five  pounds,  conveyed  to  Richard  Thistle  of  Beverly, 
husbandman,  his  interest  in  the  estate.* 

Samuel  Morgan  of  Beverly,  cooper,  for  thirty  shillings, 
conveyed  to  Richard  Thistle  of  Beverly,  mariner,  the 
southern  extremity  of  this  lot,  containing  twenty  square 
rods,  Sept.  27,  1687  ;^  and  a  small  piece  of  land  adjoining 
to  it  was  conveyed  to  Mr.  Thistle  by  Richard  Ober  of 
Beverly,  mariner,  the  next  day.' 

Richard  Thistle  died  March  17,  1762,  having  in  his  will 
devised  to  his  son  Jeflfry  Thistle  the  dwelling  house  "I 
now  live  in"  and  the  barn  and  land.     The  dwelling  house 

'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  27,  leaf  253. 
2Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  27,  leaf  235. 
'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  28,  leaf  85. 
*Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  29,  leaf  247. 
*Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  27,  leaf  240. 
*Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  19,  leaf  105. 
^Essez  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  23,  leaf  92. 


216  BEVERLY  IN  1700.   NO.    6 

and  barn  were  then  appraised  at  thirty-three  pounds,  six 
shillings  and  eight  pence.  Jeffry  Thistle  died  Aug.  29, 
1794.   How  much  longer  the  old  house  stood  is  unknown. 

Richard  Thistle  and  Mary  Salloes  Lot.  The  selectmen 
of  Salem  granted  to  Robert  Lemon  this  lot  of  land  "to 
be  laid  oute  to  him  at  Cape  Ann  Side  next  the  sea  near 
that  which  was  william  Balies  Lott"  Feb.  8,  1657-8.  Mr. 
Lemon  died  in  1667,  having  devised  the  land  to  his  wife 
Mary  Lemon.  For  fifty  pounds,  Mrs.  Lemon  conveyed  it 
to  Jeffry  Thistle  and  Richard  Thistle  March  7,  1673-4.1 
Jeffiy  Thistle  died  in  the  spring  of  1676,  having  devised 
his  interest  in  it  to  his  eldest  son  Richard  Thistle  and  the 
latter's  daughter  Mary,  who  married  Robert  Salloes  of 
Beverly  in  1697.  Mr.  Thistle  and  Mrs.  Salloes  owned 
the  lot  in  1700. 

Benjamin  Woodbury  House.  That  part  of  this  lot  lying 
westerly  of  the  dashes  was  the  ten  acres  granted  by  the 
town  of  Salem  to  Henry  Swan  Feb.  11,  1638-9  ;  and  it 
belonged  to  him  in  1640.  It  belonged  to  Nicholas  Wood- 
bury as  early  as  1660. 

Four  acres  of  meadow  next  the  pond  was  granted  to 
him  by  the  selectmen  of  Salem  March  13,  1655-6,  as  fol- 
lows :  "Graunted  vnto  Nich  Woodbury  foure  Acres  of 
the  meadow  at  the  west  end  joyning  to  the  Pond  neare 
Mr  Blackleechs  farme." 

The  remaining  part  of  this  lot  lying  easterly  of  the 
dashes  belonged  to  Mr.  Woodbury  as*early  as  1673,  and 
the  house  was  there  in  1679. 

Mr.  Woodbury  lived  on  this  large  farm,  and  died  May 
10,  1686,  having  devised  his  homestead,  which  was 
valued  at  three  hundred  pounds,  to  his  son  Benjamin 
Woodbury.  Benjamin  Woodbury  died  in  1698-9 ;  and 
the  dwelling  house,  barn  and  land,  which  were  appraised 
at  three  hundred  pounds,  descended  to  his  baby  daughter 
Anna.  She  married  Rev.  John  Barnard  of  Marblehead 
in  1718  ;  and  he  erected  a  new  house  upon  the  farm, 
probably  removing  the  old  house. 

Cornelius  Larcom  House.  This  was  apparently  a  part 
of  the  land  which  was  granted  by  the  town  of  Salem  to 
John  Blackleach,  sr.,  of  Salem ;  and  which  he  conveyed 
'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  4,  leaf  82. 


BY  SIDNEY  PERLEY  217 

to  John  West  of  Salem,  husbandman,  Dec.  14,1660.1  Mr. 
West  of  Beverly  conveyed  that  part  of  the  lot  lying  west- 
erly of  the  dashes  to  Anthony  Bennett  of  Beverly,  carpen- 
ter, Jan.  7,  1671.2  Mr.  Bennett  removed  to  Gloucester 
and  conveyed  the  lot  to  Cornelius  Larcom  of  "Bass  River 
alias  Beverly"  Nov.  28,  1684.8 

That  part  of  the  lot  lying  easterly  of  the  dashes  was 
conveyed  by  Thomas  West  of  Beverly,  yeoman,  for  twelve 
pounds  &nd  sixteen  shillings,  to  Mr.  Larcom,  who  was 
then  of  Beverly,  yeoman,  May  28,  1697.* 

This  was  the  homestead  of  Cornelius  Larcom  in  1719. 

Thomas  West  Rouse.  That  portion  of  this  lot  of  land 
lying  northerly  of  the  dashes  was  granted  by  the  town  of 
Salem  to  Richard  Gardner  of  Salem,  mariner,  who  con- 
veyed it  to  John  West  of  Salem,  farmer,  Sept.  13,  1667.^ 

That  part  of  the  lot  lying  between  Hale  street  and  the 
ocean  and  West  street  and  the  Manchester  line,  consisting 
principally  of  salt  marsh  and  containing  about  eighty-five 
acres,  was  early  granted  by  the  town  of  Salem  to  John 
Home  of  Salem.  Deacon  Home,  for  fifty  pounds,  con- 
veyed it  to  William  Pitt  and  Moses  Maverick,  both  of 
Marblehead,  April  23,  1653  ;•  and  it  belonged  to  Thomas 
West  in  1700. 

The  remainder  of  the  lot  was  part  of  the  grants  of 
three  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  land  made  by  the  town 
of  Salem  to  John  Blackleach  of  Salem  in  the  following 
words : — 

The  lath  of  the  \2^^  moneth  1635 

Granted  by  the  freemen  of  Salem  the  day  and  yeare  abone  written 
vnto  mr  John  Blackl«ch  of  the  same  his  heires  and  assignees  for 
euer  one  fearme  conteyning  three  hundreth  acres  of  land  scitnate 
lying  and  being  from  Salem  North  East  and  being  at  long  Marshe 
extending  from  a  marked  tree  growing  and  being  ner  to  the  East 
of  the  Marshe  along  the  Sea  Side  and  conteyning  halfe  the  marshe 
thence  Westward,  and  from  the  West  end  of  the  said  Marshe  con- 
teyneth  halfe  of  the  playne  ground  betwixt  that  &  the  freshe  pond 
lying  nere  to  the  Sea  Side  in  all  conteyning  as  before  mentioned, 
the  quantitye  of  three  hundreth  acres  of  land,  bounded  by  the  said 

'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  2,  leaf  39. 
^Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  4,  leaf  175. 
'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  11,  leaf  178. 
*Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  13,  leaf  8. 
*Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  88,  leaf  277. 
"Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  1,  leaf  28. 


818  BEVERLY   IN   1700.    NO.   6 

Inhabitants,  pvided  always  that  if  the  said  m^  Blackleech  shall  at 
any  tyme  make  sale  of  y*,  that  the  towne  shall  haue  the  first  pfer  of 
yt  before  any  other. 

John  Endioott    W.  Tbaske 
Phillip  Verkin 
TowNSHEND  Bishop 
John  HoLaKAVE 
Edmond  Batteb 
Thomas  Gabdineb 

At  Towne  meeting  the  14tii  of  6ti»  month  1637  .  .  . 
Mr  Blaklech  apointed  the  pece  of  meadow  y*  was  appointed  o' 
broth'  Gott  y*  lyeth  nere  to  m'  blaklechs  farme. 

The  2l8t  of  11th  moneth  1638  .  .  . 

Whereas  M>"  John  Blackleech  desireth  50  acres  of  land  to  be 
grannted  him  as  an  addition  to  his  former  graunt  of  300  acres, 
vppon  exchange  of  50  acres  of  his  rock  ground  for  it,  alleadging, 
that  hee  hath  not  sufficient  ground  to  maintayne  a  plow.  The  town 
therefore  for  the  furthering  of  his  endeauor  in  plowing  &  for  his 
Incouragemt  therein  hath  freely  graunted  vnto  him  wti'out  exchange 
[fifty  acres  of  ground  or  thereabouts]  such  land  as  was  formerly 
graunted  to  Mr  Gott  vppon  the  playne  neere  adioyning  to  his  said 
farme  conditionally  that  hee  will  be  at  the  charge  of  plowing  of  it 
or  the  greatest  pt  of  it. 

Mr.  Blackleach  removed  to  Boston,  where  he  was  a 
merchant.  He  let  the  house  and  barns  which  then  stood 
upon  the  farm  together  with  the  land  to  Lawrence  Leach, 
and  subsequentlj'-  to  John  West  of  Salem,  husbandman. 
It  was  in  the  tenure  and  occupation  of  Mr.  West  Dec.  14, 
1660,  when,  for  three  hundred  and  fifty  pounds,  Mr. 
Blackleach  conveyed  the  estate  to  him.^  John  West  of 
Beverly,  farmer,  conveyed  to  his  son  Thomas  West  this 
"my  now  dwelling  house,"  barn  and  two-thirds  of  "my 
farm  I  now  dwell  upon"  May  26,  1675,  Thomas  West 
having  agreed  to  build  a  house  for  his  father  upon  the 
other  third  part  of  the  farm  as  his  father  shall  appoint.* 
Thomas  West  subsequently  acquired  the  other  third  part 
of  the  thvm,  and  lived  here  in  1700. 

Thomas  West  had  a  landing  place  at  the  shore  where 
the  corporation  bath  house  is  now  located  as  early  as  1689. 
He  also  had  a  sawmill  on  the  brook  on  the  northwesterly 
side  of  Haskell  street  as  early  as  1690. 

Captain  West  conveyed  to  his  son  Thomas  West  of 
Beverly  the  east  end  of  "my   dwelling   house"  in  which 

•Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  2,  leaf  30. 
*Essex  Registry  of  Deed«,  book  4,  leaf  112. 


BY  SIDNEY   PBRLBY  219 

the  grantee  "now  dwells"  Jan.  1,  1707.1  Thomas  West, 
jr.,  died  April  3,  1714 ;  and  his  father  conveyed  to  his 
widow,  Christian  West,  "my  homestead,"  dwelling  house, 
barn  and  land,  June  22,  1714.^  Mrs.  West  apparently 
removed  the  old  house  before  April  14,  1718,  when  she 
conveyed  to  her  five  children,  Thomas,  Wilkes,  Mary, 
Hannah  and  Elizabeth,  for  love,  the  land  and  the  dwelling 
house  and  barn  thereon  that  "I  have  Lately  built  upon 
the  Land  of  my  said  Late  husband  since  his  decease" 
which  are  "partly  finished."^ 

William  Hmkell  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  part  of  the 
three  hundred  acres  granted  by  the  town  of  Salem  to 
John  Blackleach  Feb.  16,  1635-6  ;  and  which  he  conveyed 
to  John  West  Dec.  14,  1660.*  Mr.  West  conveyed  it  to 
his  son  Thomas  West  May  25,  1675  ;^  and  Thomas  West 
conveyed  to  William  Hascoll,  husband  of  his  daughter 
Kuth,  as  a  part  of  her  dowry,  March  1,  1689-90.^  Mr. 
Haskell  owned  the  lot  in  1700. 

In  Manchester. 

Joieph  Woodbury  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  on  Chubb's 
point  was  conveyed  by  Capt.  Thomas  West  of  Beverly, 
yeoman,  to  his  son-in-law  Joseph  Woodbury  of  Manches- 
ter, mariner.  May  1,  1699."  It  belonged  to  Mr.  Woodbury 
in  1700. 

Thomas  West  Lot.  That  part  of  this  lot  of  land  lying 
southeasterly  of  the  southeasterly  dashes  was  granted  to 
Thomas  West  before  1700. 

That  part  of  the  lot  lying  within  the  dashes  was  laid 
out  by  the  town  of  Manchester  to  John  Elithorp  of  Man- 
chester, cooper,  in  1685 ;  and,  for  eight  pounds,  he  con- 
veyed it  to  Thomas  West  of  Beverly,  yeoman,  Sept.  20, 
1690.8 

That  part  of  the  lot  lying  northwesterly  of  the  north- 
westerly dashes  was  three-fourths  of  the  lot  of  land  grant- 

'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  20,  leaf  155. 
2Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  30,  leaf  57. 
'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  42,  leaf  5. 
*Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  2,  leaf  39. 
*Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  4,  leaf  112. 
'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  9,  leaf  188. 
'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  23,  leaf  35. 
'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  9,  leaf  18. 


220  BEVERLY   IN   1700.   NO.   6 

ed  by  the  town  of  Manchester  to  William  Bennett,  Rob- 
ert Leach,  sr.,  John  Norman,  sr.,  and  John  Pickforth 
March  10,  1667.  John  Pickworth  died  in  1681 ;  and  his 
brother  Joseph  Pickforth  of  Marblehead,  fisherman,  con- 
veyed his  quarter  part,  for  nine  pounds,  to  Mr.  West  Dec. 
10,  1690.1  Mr.  West  had  bought  Mr.  Bennett's  share  in 
or  before  1690;  and  Mr.  Leach's  part  belonged  to  his  son 
Robert  Leach  in  1690,  and  subsequently  came  into  the 
hands  of  Mr.  West. 

John  Norman  Lot.  This  was  a  part  of  a  lot  of  land 
granted  by  the  town  of  Manchester  to  William  Bennett, 
Robert  Leach,  sr.,  John  Norman,  sr.,  and  John  Pickforth 
March  10,  1667,  being  John  Norman's  quarter  of  said 
grant.  Mr.  Norman  died  in  1672,  and  it  descended  to  his 
son  John  Norman,  who  ownedit  in  1700. 

John  Coy  and  Thomas  Whittredge  Lot.  This  lot  of  land 
was  conveyed  by  the  town  of  Manchester,  for  forty  pounds, 
to  John  Coy  of  Wenham  and  Thomas  Whittredge  of 
Beverly,  carpenters,  July  17.  1699;^  and  these  grantees 
owned  it  in  1700. 

G-eorge  Norton  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  laid  out  by 
the  town  of  Manchester  to  George  Norton  Dec.  20,  1699, 
in  the  lay  out  of  the  west  division  so  called. 

Joseph  Woodbury  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  laid  out  to 
Joseph  Woodbury  by  the  town  of  Manchester  Dec.  20, 
1699. 

James  Friend  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  laid  out  by 
the  town  of  Manchester  to  James  Friend  Dec.  20,  1699. 

John  Norman  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  laid  out  by  the 
town  of  Manchester  to  John  Norman  Dec.  20,  1699. 

Samuel  Leach  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  laid  out  by  the 
town  of  Manchester  to  Samuel  Leach  Dec.  20,  1699. 

Robert  Leach  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  laid  out  by  the 
town  of  Manchester  to  Ens.  Robert  Leach  Dec.  20,  1699. 

Thomas  West  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  laid  out  by  the 
town  of  Manchester  to  Capt.  Thomas  West  Dec.  20, 1699. 

Abram  Masters  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  laid  out  by  the 
town  of  Manchester  to  Abram  Masters  Dec.  20,  1699. 

'Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  9,  leaf  18. 
2Essex  Registry  of  Deeds,  book  19,  leaf  107. 


BY   SIDNEY   PERLEY  221 

John  Bishop  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  laid  out  by  the 
town  of  Manchester  to  John  Bishop  Dec.  20,  1699. 

John  Siblee  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  laid  out  to  Capt. 
John  Siblee  by  the  town  of  Manchester  Dec.  20,  1699. 

John  Knowlton  and  Hannah  Leach  Lot.  This  lot  of  land 
was  laid  out  to  John  Knowlton  and  Hannah  Leach  by  the 
town  of  Manchester  Dec.  20,  1699. 

John  Goy  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  laid  out  by  the 
town  of  Manchester  to  John  Coy  Dec.  20,  1699. 

Thomas  West  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  weis  laid  out  by  the 
town  of  Manchester  to  Capt.  Thomas  West  Dec.  20, 1699. 

Samuel  Polin  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  laid  out  by  the 
town  of  Manchester  to  Samuel  Polin  Dec.  20,  1699. 

Hannah  Leach  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  laid  out  by 
the  town  of  Manchester  to  widow  Hannah  Leach  "and 
Jones  or  Ezekiel"  Dec.  20,  1699. 

Parsonage  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  laid  out  as  a  par- 
sonage lot  by  the  town  of  Manchester  Dec.  20,  1699. 

Ahram  Masters  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  laid  out  by 
the  town  of  Manchester  to  Abram  Masters  Dec.  20,  1699. 

Samuel  Ley  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  laid  out  by  the 
town  of  Manchester  to  Samuel  Ley  Dec.  20,  1699. 

Thomas  West  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  laid  out  by  the 
town  of  Manchester  to  Capt.  Thomas  West  Dec.  20,  1699. 

Robert  Leach  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  laid  out  by  the 
town  of  Manchester  to  Ens.  Robert  Leach  Dec.  20,  1699. 

Samuel  Leach  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  laid  out  by  the 
town  of  Manchester  to  Samuel  Leach  Dec.  20,  1699. 

John  Knowlton  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  laid  out  by 
the  town  of  Manchester  to  John  Knowlton  Dec.  20, 1699. 

Robert  Leach  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  laid  out  to  Ens. 
Robert  Leach  by  the  town  of  Manchester  Dec.  20,  1699. 

John  Siblee  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  laid  out  by  the 
town  of  Manchester  to  Capt.  John  Siblee   Dec.  20,  1699. 

Hannah  Leach  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  laid  out  by 
the  town  of  Manchester  to  widow  Hannah  Leach  Dec.  20, 
1699. 

Onesipherous  Allen  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  laid  out 
by  the  town  of  Manchester  to  Onesipherous  Allen  Dec. 
20,  1699. 


222  BEVERLY   IN   1700.   NO.   6 

Samuel  Allen  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  laid  out  to 
Samuel  Allen,  sr.,  by  the  town  of  Manchester  Dec.  20, 
1699. 

John  Ley  Lot,  This  lot  of  land  was  laid  out  by  the 
town  of  Manchester  to  John  Ley  Dec.  20,  1699. 

Aaron  Bennett  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  laid  out  by 
the  town  of  Manchester  to  Aaron  Bennett  Dec.  20,  1699. 

John  Cross  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  laid  out  to  John 
Cross  by  the  town  of  Manchester  Dec.  20,  1699. 

I*aac  Whittier  Lot.  This  lot  of  land  was  laid  out  by 
the  town  of  Manchester  to  Isaac  Whittier   Dec.  20,  1699. 

Joseph  Woodbury  Lot.  Thomas  West  conveyed  this  lot 
of  land  to  Joseph  Woodbury  before  1699  ;  and  the  latter 
owned  it  in  1700. 

Joseph  Woodbury  Lot.  Thomas  West  of  Beverly,  yeo- 
man, conveyed  this  lot  of  land  to  his  son-in-law  Joseph 
Woodbury  of  Manchester,  mariner,  May  1,  1699  ;^  and 
the  latter  owned  it  in  1700. 

'Essex  Kegistry  of  Deeds,  book  23,  leaf  35. 


NEWBUKY  CHUECH  RECORDS. 


DisMissioisrs  FEOM  THE  FiKST  Chttrch. 

Josiah  Thompson,  E'athaniell  I^oyes  and  Henry  Knight 
and  their  wives,  with  Mr.  John  Sweat,  Feb.  16,  1746, 
to  Falmouth. 

Sarah,  wife  of  John  Ordway,  June  25,  1746,  to  South 
Hampton. 

Mark  Mores  and  wife,  July  27,  1746,  to  Byfield. 

Mercy,  wife  of  Mr.  Thorn^  Sept.  21,  1746,  to  Salisbury. 

James  Jackman  and  wife,  July  23,  1749,  to  Salisbury. 

Ebenezer  Tenny  and  wife,  Oct.  8,  1749,  to . 

Mrs.  Susanna  Piper,  l^ov.  17,  1749,  to  Concord. 


NEWBURY   CHURCH   RECORDS  22S 

Mrs.  Sarah  Marble,  formerly  French,  Sept.  22,  IT 51,  to 

Haverhill. 
Edmund  Noyes,  N^ov.  17,  1751,  to  Salisbury. 
Mrs.  Hannah  Beard,  May  24,  1752,  to  Hampstead. 
Joseph  ISToyes  and  wife  and  Benjamin  Pettingill  and  wife, 

May  31,  1756,  to  Plaistow. 
Mrs.  Sarah  Emery,  Dec.  19,  1756,  to  Haverhill. 
Rev.  Joseph  Parsons,  IsTov.  6,  1757^  to  Brookfield. 
Timothy  Putnam  and  wife,  Nov.  25,  1759,  to  Tewksbury. 
Joshua  Swett  and  wife,  Sept.  21,  1760,  to  Salisbury. 
Sarah,  wife  of  Deacon  John  Air,  May  20,  1764,  to  the 

First  Church  of  Haverhill. 
Rev.  Amos  Moody,  N'ov.  10,  1765,  to  Pelham,  ]S^.  H. 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  Blunt,  formerly  March,  Xov.  19,  1769,  to 

Portsmouth. 
Rev.  Silas  Moody,  i^ov.  4^  1769,  to  Arundel. 
Captain  Samuel  Pierce,  July  21,  1782,  to  Atkinson. 
Mrs.  Muzzey,  Sept.  8,  1782,  to  Boscawen. 
Benjamin  Rolfe,  Jan.  4,  1795,  to  any  Church  of  regular 

standing. 

Admissions  to  the  Fikst  Ciiuech. 

Francis  Brown's  wife,  Apr.  30,  1682,  from  Portsmouth. 
John  Sewall,  Oct.  25,  1696,  from  Boston. 
Edmund  March  and  wife,  Dec.  16,  1744,  from  Amesbury. 
Seabrew,  a  negro  servant,  May  21,  1749,  from  Topsfield. 

Dismissions  from  the  Byfield  Chuech.  • 

Nehemiah  Hunt,  Sept.  2,  1744,  to  Sutton. 

Jemima,  wife  of  John  Boynton,  and  Hannah,  wife  of 
Francis  Worcester,  Dec.  9,  1744,  to  Dunstable. 

Sarah  Pickard,  Nov.  27,  1746,  to  Rowley. 

Abigail,  wife  of  Moses  Boynton,  Dec.  28,  1746,  to  Cov- 
entry. 

Mehitable  Hale,  Sept.  27,  1747,  to  the  Second  Church  of 
Rowley. 

Enoch  Noyes,  Oct.  18,  1747,  to  Hollis. 

Thomas  Tenney,  July  3,  1748,  to  Rowley. 

Jane  Jewet,  Dec.  3,  1749,  to  Linebrook. 


224  NEWBURY   CHURCH   RECORDS 

Moses  Hale  and  wife  Elizabeth,  Feb.  9,  1752,  to  Hamp- 
stead. 

John  'Nojes  and  wife  Abigail,  May  17,  1Y52,  to  Suncook. 

Benjamin  Adams,  Oct.  12,  1755,  to  the  Second  Church, 
Lynn. 

John  Bailey  and  wife  Elizabeth,  May  30,  1762,  to  Lunen- 
burg. 

Jonathan  Pearson  of  Byfield-Rowley,  Apr.  15,  1764,  to 
Rowley. 

Samuel  Hovey,  Apr.  22,  1764,  to  Pepperillborough. 

Margaret  Llicks,  alias  Margaret  Burbank,  widow  of  Caleb, 
in  1765,  to  Sutton. 

Sarah  Thurlow,  wife  of  Moses,  Feb.  21,  1768,  to  Fitch- 
burg. 

Martha  Smith,  widow,  Deborah  Duty,  widow,  Mrs.  Doro- 
thy Smith  and  Jemima  Smith,  wife  of  Josiah,  in 
1768,  to  Hopkinton,  :N'.  H. 

Timothy  Stevens,  Jan.  7,  1776,  to  Hampstead,  N".  H. 

Eliphalet  Tenney,  in  1784,  to  Stow. 

Elizabeth  Pearson,  wife  of  Solomon  Pearson,  Apr.  4,  1784, 
to  First  Presbyterian  Church,  l!^ewburyport. 

Admissions  to  the  Byfield  Church. 

Hannah  Lull,  Feb.   9,  1745,  from  the  Second  Church, 

Bradford. 
Caleb  Burbank,  June  22,  1752,  from  the  Second  Church, 

Bradford. 
Mary,  wife  of  Daniel  Barker,  Sept.  8,  1756,  from  the 

Second  Church,  Bradford. 
Mary  Pilsbury,  wife  of  William  Pilsbury,  May  11,  1763, 

from  the  Second  Church,  Bradford. 
Zerviah,  wife  of  Jeremy  Boynton,  Mar.  17,  1765,  from 

Coventry. 
Susanna,  wife  of  Ebenezer  Clark,  Feb.  21,  1779,  from 

the  Second  Church,  Ipswich. 
David  Kelson,  Aug.  26,  1781,  from  the  West  Church, 

Rowley. 
Abigail  Cleaveland,  May  24,  1795,  from  Canterbury. 


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ASTON   PARISH   CHURCH,    HERTFORDSHIRE,    ENGLAND 


INTERIOR  OF  THE  ASTON  CHURCH 


THE  BIIR:N'AP-BmiKETT  GEiN'EALOGY. 


By  Heis^ey  Wyckoff  Belknap. 


Incidelitally  in  searching  for  records  of  the  Belknap 
family  in  and  about  the  County  of  Hertfordshire,  England, 
traces  of  this  Burnap  name  were  discovered,  and  because 
it  appeared  likely  that  there  might  be  found  a  connection 
between  the  two  families,  several  experienced  English 
genealogists  being  of  the  opinion  that  they  were  one  and 
the  same,  it  was  decided  to  collect  all  references  to  both 
names.  Up  to  the  present  time  nothing  has  been  found 
to  bear  out  this  theory  and  a  further  complication  has 
developed  through  the  discovery  that  for  some  generations 
that  branch  of  the  Belknap  family  which  emigrated  to 
America  had  been  called  Beltoft. 

These  variants  in  family  names  can  seldom  be  definitely 
accounted  for.  In  some  cases  they  are  adopted  because 
of  some  family  feud  and  a  desire  to  distinguish  between 
different  branches,  but  for  the  most  part  they  seem  to  be 
due  to  phonetic  spelling  or  the  errors  of  careless  writers. 
A  notable  instance  of  this  has  been  found  in  the  records 
of  the  Waterhouse  family,  in  which  in  one  deed  the  name 
appears  in  seven  different  forms  and  is  signed  differently 
by  the  man  and  his  wife. 

In  the  Burnap  family,  apart  from  such  slight  changes 
as  Bumapp,  Burnop  and  Burnepp,  there  is  the  more  rad- 
ical one  of  Burnett,  which  has  now  been  permanently 
adopted  by  at  least  one  branch  of  the  family,  and  until 
the  writer  positively  proved  to  them  that  they  had  orig- 
inally been  Bumaps  they  had  supposed  that  they  were 
descended  from  the  well  known  Bishop  Burnett  of  London. 
The  first  case  of  this  altered  spelling  appears  in  the  record 
of  the  baptism  of  Sarah,  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Burnap 
of  Stanstead  Abbots,  about  1564  to  1610,  in  which  the 

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226      THE  BURNAP-BURNETT  GENEALOGY 

form  used  is  "Burnatt,"  which  is  very  probably  due  to 
a  misreading  of  "Burnapp"  by  the  clerk  who  made  the 
entry  in  the  register. 

Were  it  not  that  in  several  instances  the  registers  of 
parishes  adjacent  to  Stanstead  Abbots  have  been  lost  or 
destroyed,  in  part,  it  would  doubtless  be  possible  to  fill  in 
many  missing  links  in  the  English  records,  while  in  some 
of  the  most  likely  registers  no  mention  of  the  name  ^as 
been  found. 

As  is  usually  the  case,  no  reply  has  been  received  from 
many  members  of  the  family  in  this  country,  and  conse- 
quently the  records  have  had  to  be  entirely  omitted  or 
given  in  incomplete  form. 


1.  Thomas  Burnap  of  Stanstead  Abbots,  Herts.,  was 
living  in  1532-8.  His  wife  Johanna  Nobbys  of  the  same 
parish  died  shortly  before  April,  1532. 

The  following,  translated  from  the  Latin,  is  from  the 
manor  Court  Rolls,  Public  Record  Office,  London,  23d., 
24th.,  25th.,  27th.,  28th.,  30th.  Henry  VIII,  Courts  at 
Stanstead,  Herts. 

P.  R.  O.,  Court  Rolls,  178/35,  Court  held  at  Stansted 
with  a  view  of  Frank  Pledge ;  4th.  April,  23  Henry  VIII. 

Thomas  Burnopp  one  of  the  Tennants. 

"It  is  accounted  that  Johanna  Kobbys  held  by  homage 
at  the  day  of  her  death  by  Court  Roll  of  the  King  one  acre 
of  land  in  Halfelde  and  half  an  acre  of  land  in  E'ether- 
feld,  one  garden,  one  piece  of  land  called  Long  house,  and 
that  Johanna  Burnopp  wife  of  Thomas  Burnopp  is  eldest 
daughter  and  heir  and  of  full  age,  to  whom  the  King 
granted  seisin  to  her  and  her  heirs  at  the  will  of  the  lord 
according  to  the  custom  of  the  manor,"  etc.  (In  the  mar- 
gin is  written  against^  the  above  entry: — "Surrender 
iiij  s.") 

"And  lastly  the  jury  say  that  the  said  Johanna  was 
seized  in  her  desmesne  as  of  fee  of  and  in  one  tenement 
lately  belonging  to  William  Sanderson,  six  acres  lying 
next  the  tenement  aforesaid,  one  croft  containing  three 
acres  lying  under  Iseney  Parke,  two  acres  of  land  lying 


i 


BY  HENBY  WYCKOFF  BELKNAP  227 

in  Baler's  Field,  and  one  garden  adjoining  the  same  two 
acres,  two  acres  of  land  lying  in  Garratt's  Field,  one  piece 
of  waste  land  lying  in  the  King's  way,  and  was  so  seized 
at  her  death  and  that  Johanna  Burnopp  the  wife  of 
Thomas  Burnopp  is  eldest  daughter  and  heir,  and  gave 
payment  upon  admission  to  the  lord  and  did  fealty,"  etc 
(In  the  margin  is  written  against  the  above  entry: — 
"xviij  8.  ij  d.") 

"John  Fleyming  and  Agnes  his  wife  acknowledge  them- 
selves to  hold  to  the  King  to  deliver  by  charter  two  acres 
of  meadow  to  Thomas  Burnott  yearly  ij  d." 

Court  held  at  Stansted  with  view  of  Frank  Pledge  on 
Thursday  next  the  Feast  of  Easter,  24  Henry  VIII. 

Thomas  Burnopp  one  of  the  Tennants. 

Thomas  Burnopp  homage.  (Against  the  last  name  is 
written  in  the  margin: — "Fine  vj  d.") 

"The  homage  presents  that  William  Gylderson  without 
the  Court  surrenders  into  the  hands  of  the  lady  by  the 
hand  of  John  Swete  and  Thomas  Cheynow  tennants  of 
the  said  lady  two  acres  of  arable  land  lying  in  Ha^vfield 
at  Catt's  Hill  to  the  use  and  behoof  of  Thomas  Burnopp 
senior,  his  heirs  and  assigns,  which  lady  by  her  Steward 
granted  seisin  thereof  by  the  rod  to  have  and  to  hold  the 
land  aforesaid  to  the  said  Thomas  Burnopp  his  heirs  and 
assigns  at  the  will  of  the  lady  according  to  the  custom  of 
the  manor  rendering  to  the  lady  therefore  yearly  ij  d.  and 
gave  the  lady  for  a  fine  xd.  and  did  fealty  and  is  ad- 
mitted," etc.  (Against  the  above  entry  is  written  in  the 
margin: — "Surrender  fine  xd.  paid") 

"To  this  Court  came  Thomas  Burnopp  and  surrendered 
into  the  hands  of  the  lady  one  cottage  with  a  garden  and 
two  acres  of  land  adjoining  parcel  of  the  tenement  of 
Symchaundler  to  the  use  and  behoof  of  John  Whitnall 
his  heirs  and  assigns  which  the  lady  by  her  Steward 
granted  seisin  by  the  rod  to  have  and  to  hold  the  land 
aforesaid  of  the  said  Thomas  Burnopp  his  heirs  and  assigns 
at  the  will  of  the  lady  according  to  the  custom  of  the  manor 
rendering  therefore  to  the  lady  yearly  ij  d.  and  gave  the 
lady  for  a  fine  x  d.  and  did  fealty  and  is  admitted." 


228      THE  BURNAP-BURNETT  GEKEALOGY 

"To  this  Court  came  John  Eodes  and  Margaret  his  wife 
and  surrendered  into  the  hands-  of  the  lady  one  tenement 
with  appurtenances  called  esgores  and  one  garden  with 
appurtenances  called  Brands  now  adjoining  the  tenements 
aforesaid  not  eight  acres  of  land  and  four  acres  one  rood, 
and  half  a  meadow  either  more  or  less  in  the  parish  of 
Stansted  whereof  the  said  tenement  and  garden  lying  next 
the  King's  way  at  Stansted  until  Hunesden  and  half  an 
acre  of  land  likewise  lying  in  Dovehouse  field  and  one  acre 
of  land  in  Half  Hyde  and  half  an  acre  of  land  likewise 
there  lying  and  two  acres  of  land  lying  in  l^etherford  and 
one  holm  land  with  meadow  containing  one  acre  lying 
near  the  tenement  aforesaid  and  three  acres  of  meadow 
lying  in  Haskholme  and  one  acre  and  one  rood  and  a  half 
there  lying  abutting  upon  the  Rye  diche  to  the  use  and 
behoof  of  Thomas  Bumopp  senior  and  Thomas  Burnopp 
junior,  son  of  the  same  Thomas  senior,  his  heirs  and 
assigns  which  the  lady  by  her  Steward  granted  seisin 
thereof  by  the  rod  to  have  and  to  hold  the  said  tenement 
with  garden  adjoining  and  the  other  premisses  with  their 
appurtenances  to  the  said  Thomas  senior  and  Thomas 
junior,  their  heirs  and  assigns  at  the  will  of  the  lady 
according  to  the  custom  of  the  manor  aforesaid  by  rent 
and  service  therefore  due  and  customary  and  the  said 
Thomas  Burnopp  senior  gave  to  the  lady  for  a  fine  and 
did  fealty,"  etc.  (Against  the  above  entry  is  written  in 
the  margin: — "Surrender  Fine  x  d.") 

"Thomas  Burnopp  acknowledged  himself  to  hold  of  the 
lord  by  Court  Roll  one  cottage  with  a  garden  two  acres 
of  land  lying  in  Dovehouse  Feld  and  renders  to  the  Prior 
and  Convent  of  Elsyng  Spytell  yearly  ij  d."  (The  last 
entry  should  come  in  the  first  Court.) 

"Thomas  Burnett  and  John  Bennett  are  elected  to  the 
office  of  Constable." 

Court  held  at  Stansted  with  View  of  Frank  Pledge  on 
Thursday  in  Easter  week  25  Henry  VIII. 

Thomas  Burnap  of  the  Homage. 

"It  is  accounted  by  homage  that  John  Wheler  without 
the  Court  surrenders  into  the  hands  of  the  Queen  by  the 


BY   HENRY   WYCKOFF  BELKNAP  229 

hand  of  Robert  Chapman  and  John  Swete  senior  tennants 
of  the  same  manor  two  acres  of  arable  land  of  which  one 
lies  in  a  certain  croft  called  Collier's  Croft  next  Garrard's 
Field  and  the  other  acre  in  Haffeld  sometime  parcel  of 
a  tenement  Lock's  Tenement  to  the  use  and  behoof  of 
Thomas  Burnopp  which  the  said  Queen  by  her  Steward 
granted  seisin  thereof  by  the  rod  to  have  to  himself  and 
his  heirs, and  assigns  at  the  will  of  the  said  Queen  accord- 
ing to  the  custom  of  the  manor  and  rendering  to  the  same 
tenement  of  Lock's  ij  d.  yearly  and  suit  at  court  and  gave 
the  said  Queen  for  a  fine  etc  and  did  fealty  and  is  ad- 
mitted," etc.  (In  the  miargin  is  written  against  the  above 
entry:— "Fine  xx  d.") 

"The  day  was  given  at  the  last  Court  for  Thomas  Bur- 
nopp senior  to  proclaim  a  stray  cow  which  the  same  Thomas 
then  had  in  his  keeping  and  proclamation  was  made  that 
the  same  Thomas  render  for  the  same  to  the  Queen  vj  s. 
viijd." 

"It  is  ordered  that  John  Swete  and  Thomas  Burnopp 
clean  the  ditch  between  the  land  of  the  same  John  and 
Thomas  called  Fleme  Dyche  by  the  Feast  of  Pentecost 
etc,  penalty  ij  d." 

Court  with  View  of  Frank  Pledge  held  on  Thursday  in 
Easter  week  27  Henry  VIII. 

Thomas  Burnopp  of  the  Homage. 

"At  this  Court  came  Thomas  Burnop  and  surrendered 
into  the  hands  of  the  Queen  one  acre  of  land  adjoining 
a  certain  croft  called  Collier's  Croft,  next  Garrard's  Feld, 
parcel  of  one  tenement  called  Lock's  to  the  use  and  behoof 
of  John  Rodez  and  Margaret  his  wife  to  whom  the  Queen 
by  her  steward  granted  seisin  by  the  rod  to  hold  to  the 
same  John  and  Margaret  their  heirs  and  assigns  at  the 
wiU  of  the  Queen  according  to  the  custom  of  the  manor 
and  rendering  to  the  same  tennant  of  Lock's  j  d.  yearly 
and  suit  at  Court  and  gave  the  Queen  for  a  fine  as  etc. 
and  did  fealty  and  was  admitted."  (Against  the  above 
entry  is  written  in  the  margin: — "Fine  x  d.  paid.") 

Court  with  a  View  of  Frank  Pledge  held  5  th.  April  28 
Henry  VIIL  ~  ;    :    .  :|    il 


230  THE   BTJRNAP-BURNETT   GENEALOGY 

Thomas  Burnop  junior  of  the  Homage. 

Court  with  a  view  of  Frank  Pledge  held  at  Stansted  on 
Thursday  in  Easter  week,  30  Henry  VIII. 

Thomas  Burnop  junior  of  the  Homage. 

"At  this  Court  it  is  accounted  that  Thomas  Heth  sur- 
rendered into  the  hands  of  the  King  by  the  hand  of  Thomas 
Burnopp  and  Eobert  Whitnall  tennants  of  said  manor  one 
tenement  with  appurtenances  called  Lock's  tenement  and 
the  parcel  of  land  with  pasture  adjoining  between  the  land 
formerly  belonging  to  Andrew  Huggard,  deceased,  in  the 
parish  of  St.  Margaret  in  Stansted  to  the  use  and  behoof 
of  »Tohn  Chatterton  to  whom  the  King  by  the  Steward 
granted  seisin  thereof  by  the  rod  to  hold  to  the  same  John 
Chatterton  and  his  heirs  at  the  will  of  the  King  according 
to  the  custom  of  the  manor  by  service  therefore  due  and 
of  customary  right  gave  the  King  for  a  fine  iij  s.  and  iiij  d. 
and  did  fealty  and  is  admitted  as  tennant."  (Against  the 
above  entry  is  written  in  the  margin:  "Fine  iij  d.  paid.") 

Children : — 
2.     Thomas. 
?>.     John. 

2.  Thomas  Buenap  of  Stanstead  Abbotts,  Herts,  was 
living  between  1533  and  159Y.     He  married  before  1564, 

Alice  Cramphorne,  daughter  of  Cramphorne  of 

Stanstead  Abbotts  and  Alice  his  wife  and  probably  co- 
heiress of  her  mother.  He  is  mentioned  in  1533,  under 
the  Court  at  Stansted,  24  Henry  VIII,  as  Thomas  Bur- 
nopp junior,  again  in  1537  under  the  Court  at  Stansted, 
28  Henry  VIII,  as  Thomas  Burnop,  junior,  one  of  the 
Homage,  again  in  1539  under  the  Court  at  Stansted,  30 
Henry  VIII,  as  Thomas  Burnop,  junior,  one  of  the  Hom- 
age, and  in  1545  he  paid  12d.  subsidy  under  Stansted 
(P.  K.  O.  Subsidy  121/171)  as  is  also  his  brother  John. 
In  1545-6  Thomas  Burnoppe  paid  subsidy  under  Stan- 
sted (P.  R.  O.  Subsidy  121/177). 

He  was  executor  of  the  will  of  Alice  Cramphorne,  sen- 
ior, of  Stanstead  Abbot,  16  May  1564,  "wedowe,"  probated 
at  Ware,  23  October  1564,  in  which  mention  is  made  of 
son  Thomas  Burnap  and  daughter  Ann  Rawlings,  execu- 


BY   HENRY  WYCKOFF  BELKNAP  231 

tors  (11  Kaymond),  and  also  of  John,  William,  Thomas, 
Alice,  Johane  and  Thomasin  Bumap,  as  well  as  Andrew 
Keys  and  wife  Alice,  John,  Robert  and  William  Keys, 
the  children  of  John  Keys. 

He  witnessed  the  will  of  Alice  Nobbs,  widow, of  Stan- 
sted  Abbott,  14  May  1566  (81  Raymond). 

Thomas  Bumape  was  present,  13  January  1567,  when 
Edward,Beson  of  Stansted  Abbot  made  a  nuncupative  will 
by  which  he  left  a  legacy  to  "Isbell  servant  to  Thomas 
Bumape"  which  was  proved  in  Arch.  Mddx.  Essex  & 
Herts.,  (92  Raymond)  from  which  it  appears  that  Andrew 
Kees,  father  of  Johane  Kees,was  the  testator's  brother- 
in-law. 

Thomas  Bumap  was  a  witness  to,  the  will  of  Roger 
Bayley  of  Stanstead  Abbotts,  proved  Arch.  Mddx.  Essex 
&  Herts.,  (222  Raymond)  11  March  1573. 

Tho:  Grave  &  Tho:  Burnappe:'  Tho:  Fuller  &  John 
Fuller  gent.  &  Margt.  his  wife — Two  messuages  and  lands 
in  Broxbome  and  Hoddesdon,  1585-6,  Hilary  Term,  28 
Elizabeth,  Feet  of  Fines. 

Thomas  Burnappe  (junior)  paid  5/4  on  40/-  and  Alio 
Burnappe  paid  2/8  on  20/—,  both  under  Stanstead,  Sub- 
sidy 121/282,  in  1600,  43  Elizabeth;  probably  the  Alice 
Burnap  of  1564,  now  an  old  widow.  She  paid  just  one- 
half  of  what  Thomas  Bumap  paid  which  practically  proves 
that  she  was  the  widowed  mother  of  Thomas,  having  her 
usual  third  interest  in  her  deceased  husband's  property. 

In  connection  with  the  will  of  Edward  Beson,  note  that, 
as  Thomas  Bumap's  mother  was  Johanna  N'obbys,  Alice's 
deceased  husband  may  have  been  his  uncle  or  cousin. 

The  will  of  Thomas  Bumap:  "In  the  name  of  God 
Amen  in  the  yere  of  oure  lord  1593  and  the  (blank)  of 
Januarye  I  Thomas  Bumape  of  Stansted  Abbot  in  the 
Countye  of  Hartford  yeoman  beinge  in  helth  I  praise  god 
for  yt  do  ordeine  and  make  this  my  presente  testament 
and  last  will  in  manner  and  forme  followinge  Imprimis 
my  soUe  to  Almightie  god  who  hath  created  me  and  to 
Jhesus  Christ  who  hath  redemed  me  and  to  the  holie  ghost 
who  hath  santified  me  and  my  body  to  the  earth  when  it 


232      THE  BURNAP-BURNBTT  GENEALOGY 

shall  please  god  to  take  it  oute  of  this  miserable  world- 
Item  I  give  to  Allice  my  weife  all  the  howse  wth  barnes 
stables  and  all  other  howses  to  yt  belonginge  and  one  gar- 
nard  wth  a  garden  platt  Joyninge  to  yt  wth  orchyards 
and  the  menes  (?)  and  backside  conteyninge  syxe  acres 
with  all  goodes  chattells  ymplements  of  howshold  nowe  at 
thys  presente  unto  the  occupation  of  the  tenemente  be- 
longinge and-  also  one  tenement  wch  William  Swete  now 
dwelleth  in  wth  the  backside  to  yt  belonginge  and  also  one 
other  tenemente  called  convrtis  garden  wth  the  barne  and 
stable  and  orchyerds  to  yt  belonginge  also  one  crofte 
called  the  parke-crofte  wth  a  lytle  meade  joyninge  to  yt 
with  an  house  there  in  conteyninge  fyve  acres-  Item  in. 
the  comen  feild  two  acres  in  garretts  feild  two  acres  in 
wallets  feild-  All  these  parsels  beinge  freehold  my  will 
ys  she  shall  holde  them  for  terme  of  her  life  the  Remainder 
to  Thomas  Burnapes  eldest  sonne  whose  name  is  Thomas 
Bumape  yf  he  dye  then  I  will  John  his  brother  shall 
have  it  Alwaies  provided  that  Thomas  my  sonne  shall 
have  all  those  houses  and  lands  after  the  decase  of  my 
weif  to  bringe  up  them  and  other  of  his  children  while 
they  come  to  the  age  of  xxj  yeres  and  she  kepe  the  said 
howses  and  ditches  with  sufficiente  fensinge  and  repara- 
cions.  (Mem.  that  this  clause  of  the  coppie  land  surren- 
dered to  Thomas  Bumape  his  sonne  and  yet  to  be  held  and 
enjoyed  by  Allice  his  weif  was  revoked  by  Thomas  Bur- 
nape  senr.  the  xxviijth  of  Febr.  1596  before  us  Thomas 
'Newm&ii.) 

"And  further  I  charge  my  sonne  Thomas  Bumape  and 
his  children  whom  I  shall  leve  or  surrender  my  copiehold 
land  unto  shall  quietly  suffer  Allice  my  weif  to  hold  for 
terme  of  her  life  iij  acres  in  Haffeild  at  Jeningsstile  and 
one  acre  and  an  half  of  meade  in  the  Ryemeade  wch  ground 
I  nowe.  hold.  (The  above  is  the  clause  which  was  can- 
called  by  the  testator  on  28th.  Feb.  1596-7).  Item  I 
give  to  Thomas  Burnape  my  sonne  the  dwellinge  howse 
which  nowe  he  occupieth  called  Esgores  wth  all  the  appur- 
tenances as  barnes  stables  orchyards  backsides  one  acre  of 
meddow  before  the  doore  two  acres  in  chappell  feild  two 


BY   HENRY   WYCKOFP   BELKNAP  233 

acres  at  the  gravel  pit  in  Haffeild  one  acre  more  nexte 
Mowgates  land  in  Hafeilde-  Item  I  give  unto  him  two 
parcells  of  coppie  lande  also  lyinge  in  ISTetherfeild  one 
peece  of  iij  rodes  the  other  of  3  rods  also  lyeinge  next  the 
higheway-  Item  my  wiU  ys  that  Thomas  may  sonne  shall 
have  an  enioy  wch  is  in  his  tenure  and  occopacione  three 
acres  of  meddowe  lyeinge  in  Rie  meade-  Item  I  will  and 
bequeath  to  my  daughter  Johan  wife  to  Thomas  R^dding- 
ton  of  Btunsdon  for  her  use  her  husband  and  children  wch 
god  hath  given  them  the  some  and  gifte  of  xxx  li.  to  be 
paide  of  my  sonne  Thomas  or  his  heires  or  executors  within 
the  space  of  iij  yeeres  after  my  wyves  decease  in  consider- 
acion  that  I  give  him  all  my  lands  and  coppies  after  the 
departure  of  my  weif  to  enjoy  for  his  use  and  heires  by 
him  lawfully  begotten.  (Mem.  That  xv  li.  of  the  xxx  li. 
wch  T.  Burnape  or  his  heires  are  to  pay  to  T.  Reddington 
after  the  decease  of  his  mother  Alice  Bumape  weif  of 
Th.  Bumape  so  is  to  be  paid  oute  of  the  goodes  or  cattells 
of  Allice  Bumap  and  within  3  yeres  after  his  death  by 
her  heires,  administrators  or  assignes. )  "  Witnesses : — T. 
Newman,  Robert  Baynes.  Arch.  Mddx.  (E.  &  H.)  Grove 
fol.  47. 

Letter  of  administration  with  the  above  will  thereunto 
annexed  was  granted  at  Sawbridgeworth  to  Alice,  the 
widow,  on  21st.  March  1596-7.  It  is  therefore  evident 
that  Thomas  Burnap  died  in  February  or  March,  1596-7. 

The  will  of  Alice  Cramphome,  mother-in-law  of  Thomas 
Burnap:  "In  the  Name  of  God  Amen  the  xvj  dale  of 
Male  in  the  yere  of  our  lorde  god  1564  I  Alice  Cramp- 
home  wedowe  of  Stansted  abot  beyng  sicke  in  my  bodie 
but  in  good  &  peefect  remembrance  doe  ordeine  &  make 
this  my  last  will  &  testament  in  maner  &  forme  folowinge 
Fyrste  I  bequeathe  my  soule  to  All  mightie  god  my  maker 
and  redemer  &  my  bodie  to  be  buried  in  xpian  buriall 
Item  I  give  &  bequeathe  to  John  Rawlinge  a  fether  bed  a 
coverlet  a  presse  a  blaneket  a  boulster  a  platter  a  saulser 
a  browne  cowe  &  a  pannier  Item  to  Agnes  Rawlinge  one 
cheste  a  candlesticke  &  a  pewter  dysshe  Item  to  Alice 
Rawlinge  one  Mattris  a  payer  of  flexen  shetes  a  diaper 


234      THE  BUKNAP-BURNETT  GENEALOGY 

napkin  a  pewter  dishe  a  pottinger  a  candlesticke  &  a  lytle 
boulster  Item  to  Willm.  Rawlinge  the  greatest  kettell 
save  one  &  a  payer  of  towene  shet^s  a  candlesticke  a  por- 
ringer &  a  pewter  dysshe  Item  to  John  Rawlinge  a  shete 
a  thurden  dele  (?)  potte  &  a  platter  a  porringer  Item  to 
Anne  Rawlinge  my  daughter  a  table  clothe  a  sowe  hogge 
fewer  piggs  a  branded  cowe  iij  bhs.  of  wheate  Item  to 
Alice  Bumappe  my  daughter  a  diaper  towell  a  mortar 
a  square  saultr.  two  hogges  Item  to  John  Bumap  one 
redde  cowe  one  platter  Item  to  Alice  Bumap  a  cowe  a 
great  brasse  potte  a  platter  a  saulser  a  chest  a  square  table 
a  payer  of  flexen  shetes  a  pillobere  &  a  diaper  napkin 
Item  to  Johane  burnap  one  cupbord  in  the  hall  a  shepe 
wth  her  lambe  a  pewter  dyshe  &  a  payer  of  flexen  shetes 
Item  to  Thomasin  burnap  a  brasse  panne  a  pewter  dysshe 
Item  to  John  Grave  a  payer  of  towene  shetes  &  a  plaine 
towell  Item  to  Andrewe  keys  wyffe  a  blacke  cowe  a  bushel 
of  wheate  a  payer  of  towene  shetes  a  flexen  kercher  iij 
pygges  Item  to  Elizabeth  Grave  a  blacke  cowe  a  payer 
of  towene  shetes,  a  hogge  Item  to  Alice  key  a  f ether  bed 
in  the  lofte  as  yt  standeth  a  platter  Item  to  John  keys 
a  brasse  potte  Item  to  Robert  keys  a  garled  buUocke  the 
byggest  Item  to  William  keys  a  garled  bullocke  &  Thomas 
Burnap  my  sonn  to  have  the  keping  of  the  goods  of  John 
Keys  childeren  untill  they  be  married  or  of  age  to  have 
the  same  Item  to  John  Anger  a  rede  cowe  &  a  cloke 
Item  to  george  Anger  a  postner  of  brasse  Item  to  Eliza- 
beth Anger  a  payer  of  towene  shetes  fower  yardes  of  russet 
carson  Item  to  Robert  Sympson  duo  bz.  of  wheate  Item 
to  widowe  Walter  (  ?Walker)  duo  bx.  of  wheate  Item  to 
Agnes  Pery  duo  bz.  of  wheate  Item  to  l!^icles  Swete 
duo  bz.  of  wheate  Item  the  rest  of  my  goods  unbequeathed 
my  debtes  payed  &  my  will  fullfiUed  I  gyve  to  Thomas 
burnap  &  Ann  Rawlinges  my  daughter  equallie  to  be 
devided  betweene  them  whom  I  mak  my  trewe  and  faythe- 
full  executors  In  wytnesse  I  have  made  this  my  marke 
in  the  presence  of  these  persons  William  Whytnall,  John 
Smyth  whome  I  make  myne  overseers  of  thys  my  will, 
Thomas  Walker,  Thomas  Heywarde,  Willm.  Passon, 
Roberte  Chapman  and  John  Anger." 


BY  HENRY    WYCKOFF  BELKNAP  235 

The  above  will  was  proved  at  Ware,  23  Oct.  1564 
(Arch.  Mdclx.  Essex  &  Herts.  11  Raymond). 

In  1600  Alice  Burnappe  paid  subsidy  2/8  on  20/- 
under  Stansted  (P.  R.  O.  Subsidy  121/302),  as  stated 
above,  but  the  date  of  her  death  does  not  appear. 

Children : — 

4.  John,  mentioned  in  the  will  of  his  grandmother  but  not  in 

that  of  his  father  and  who  therefore  probably  died  s,  p. 
'before  1593-4. 

5.  William,  as  last. 

6.  Thomas. 

7.  Alice,  as  No.  4. 

8.  JOHANE. 

9.  Thomasin,  as  No.  4. 

3.  JoHis^  BuKNAP,  mentioned  as  John  Bennett,  who 
was  elected  to  the  office  of  Constable  at  the  Manor  Court 
held  at  Stanstead  in  24  Henry  VIII  (1533).  He  is 
probably  the  same  as  the  John  Bumoppe  who  paid  5/4 
subsidy  at  Stansted  in  the  year  1545  (P.  R.  O.,  Subsidy 
121/171). 

6.  Thomas  Buenap  whose  wife's  name  has  not  been 
found,  lived  at  Stansted  Abbots  and  is  styled  "yeoman." 
He  is  one  of  the  two  children  mentioned  in  his  father's 
will  in  1593-4  and  in  a  memorandum  to  that  document 
in  1596-Y.  He  paid  5/4  on  40/-  subsidy  under  Stan- 
stead  in  1600  (P.  R.  O.,  Subsidy  121/282).  In  1605 
he  also  paid  a  like  amount  under  "Stansfield"  an  error 
for  Stanstead  (P.  R.  O.  Subsidy  121/302). 

He  was  still  living  in  1607,  as  his  son  John  was  ad- 
mitted to  Caius  College,  Cambridge,  as  the  son  of  Thomas 
and  not  as  the  son  of  Thomas,  deceased.  In  1610  his 
daughter  Dorothy  applied  for  a  license  to  marry  and  he 
is  again  referred  to  as  though  his  father  were  living. 

The  records  for  the  Archdeaconry  of  Middlesex,  Essex 
&  Herts,  are  missing  from  1631-49  and  as  his  will  does 
not  appear  it  almost  proves  that  his  death  took  place  within 
that  period,  but  in  1027  Thos.  Burnap  paid  subsidy  20/4 
for  lands  under  "Stansie  Abbott". 

Children : — 

10.  Dorothy,  born  about  1582,  died  after  1C48. 


286  THE  BURNAP-BURNETT  GENEALOGY 

11.  Thomas,  born  before  1586,  died  before  April,  1688. 

12.  Maby. 

13.  John,  born  between  Easter  and  October,  1590,  died  about  13 

April,  1653. 

14.  Abbaham,  born  about  1594,  died  before  1649. 

15.  Sabah. 

16.  EoBEBT,  born  about  1595,  died  27  September,  1689,  in  Read- 

ing, Massachusetts. 

8.  Johanna  Buenap  received  a  legacy  from  her  grand- 
motlier  and  also  £30  in  lier  father's  will,  who  speaks  of 
her  and  her  children  by  Thomas  Reddington.  She  was 
married  16  November,  1578  at  Hunsdon,  Herts.  They 
lived  in  Hunsdon  and  references  to  several  who  were 
doubtless  his  relatives  are  frequent  in  the  records,  but  the 
names  of  their  children  have  not  been  found. 

10.  Dorothy  Burnap,  who  was  bom  about  1582, 
married  by  license  dated  16  April,  1610,  John  Morse, 
clerk,  A.M.,  rector  of  Little  Ilford,  County  Essex,  bache- 
lor, she  being  of  Stanstead  Abbott,  County  Herts.,  spin- 
ster, aged  about  28,  daughter  of  Thomas  Burnap  of  the 
same,  yeoman,  at  ^Stanstead  aforesaid,  both  father  and 
daughter  being  then  of  Stanstead  Abbot.  Her  will  does 
not  appear,  but  as  she  proved  her  husband's  vsdll  in  1648 
she  was  then  alive  and  living  in  Romford. 

"The  last  will  and  testament  of  me  John  Morse,  minis- 
ter, of  Romford,  Essex,  dated  14  July  1645,  £100  to 
Dorothy  my  youngest  daughter-  £5  to  Elizabeth  my  elder 
daughter-  £30  to  my  brothers  or  their  children.  My  wife 
Dorothy  to  have  all  my  lands  and  tenements  for  life  and 
she  to  be  sole  executrix."  Witnesses: — Daniel  Cramp- 
home,  Marie  Cramphome.  Proved  25  May,  1648,  by 
Dorothy,  the  widow.     (Arch.  Essex,  193  Whitehead.) 

Children :— Morse. 

Elizabeth. 
Dobothy. 

11.  Thomas  Burnap,  who  was  born  before  1586,  was 
evidently  married  by  his  brother-in-law.  Rev.  John  Morse, 
and  the  license  is  dated  the  same  day  that  his  sister  Mary 
and  Daniel  Cramphome  obtained  their  permit.     In  1610 


BT  HENRY   WTCKOFP  BELKNAP  287 

Thomas  Barnap  of  Stansted  Abbotts,  Herts.,  husbandman, 
ae.  24,  and  Mary  Elliot  of  Hunsdon,  Herts.,  spinster, 
ae.  31,  had  the  license  of  the  Bishop  of  London  to  marry 
at  Little  Ilford,  Essex.  His  wife  was  therefore  born 
about  1599  and  she  died  before  1633,  as  about  that  year 
he  married  again,  Joan,  daughter  of  Robert  Hellam  of 
Cosons,  parish  of  Ware,  Herts.  She  died  before  Thomas 
as  she  is  not  mentioned  in  his  will. 

Thomas  is  mentioned  in  his  paternal  grandfather's  will 
as  "Thomas  Burnape's  eldest  sonne  whose  name  is  Thomas 
Burnape"  and  the  will  makes  it  clear  that  he  was  then  an 
infant. 

The  Rev.  John  Burnap,  (No.  13)  in  his  will,  30  Mar. 
1653,  refers  to  "all  the  children  of  njy  brother  Thomas 
Burnapp." 

In  1640,  (16  Charles  I)  Thos.  Burnapp  paid  16/- 
under  Stanstead  (P.  R.  O.  Subsidy  121-338). 

"Robert  Grave  and  Thomas  Bumappe  doe  present  yt 
Mr.  Roffe  (formerly  sequestered  out  of  Stansteed  Vycar- 
idge)  now  officiates  and  supplies  the  Cure  (by  what  Au- 
thoritie  wee  knowe  not)  and  receyves  the  small  Tythes  of 
such  as  are  willinge  to  pay  hym  with  the  profitts  of  the 
Gleabe,  worth  about  foure  and  thirtie  pounds  p  Annum. 
Wee  have  a  Chappell  in  our  towne  wch  (in  regard  to  yt 
our  Church  standes  neere  a  myle  out  of  the  towne)  hath 
been  a  great  benefitte  to  the  Towne  formerly  when  wee 
had  a  settled  Mynister  wee  had  the  word  and  Sacramts 
prached  and  administered  therein  on  the  Sabboth  dales 
and  all  the  weeke  as  a  Schoole  house  for  our  children. 
This  Chappel  hath  noe  maintenance  belonging  to  yt. 

"Robert  Grave 
"Surveys  of  Church  Livings,  1657.      Thomas  Burnapp" 

Robert  Hellam,  the  father  of  the  second  wife,  died 
about  1652,  leaving  a  will  dated  30  August,  1647,  at  which 
time  Joan  Hellam  was  married  to  Thomas  Burnap  of 
Stansted,  Herts.,  yeoman,  and  was  the  mother  of  Robert 
Burnap  of  Stanstead,  yeoman,  '(who  came  of  age  in  May 
1655  and  was  therefore  bom  about  May,  1634),  of  Samuel 
Burnap  of  Much  Haddam,  gent.,  of  Joan  Burnap,  a  minor 


238  THE    BUKNAP-BUKNETT  GENEALOGY 

in  1657-8  and  of  Mary  Burnap,  also  a  minor  at  that  time, 
when  both  Joan  and  Mary  were  living  at  Stanstead. 
(Chancery  Proceedings  before  1714,  Reynardson  21/12.) 

The  depositions  in  connection  with  the  above  suit  may 
be* found  in  the  Town  Depositions  for  Trinity  Term  1658, 
under  "Hellam  v.  Burnap"  (Town  Deps:  Bid.  830). 

It  is  evident  that  Joan  Hellam  was  a  second  wife,  as 
in  1667-8  Thomas  mentions  also  four  other  children  in 
his  will,  including  two  married  daughters,  who  could  not 
have  been  born,  therefore,  after  this  Chancery  Suit  of 
1657-8. 

The  will  of  Thomas  Burnap:  "In  the  ISTame  of  God 
Amen.  Thomas  Burnape  senior  of  Stanstead  Abbott  in 
the  County  of  Hartford,  yeoman,  Being  sick  in  body. 
Dated  7  February  1667-8.  Unto  John  Burnape  my  son 
my  beame  and  scales  with  the  waights  therto  belonging 
wch  are  now  in  his  possession.  Unto  Samuel  Burnape  of 
Little  Lavor,  Essex,  clarke,  10/-.  Unto  my  daughter 
Judeth  wife  of  Richard  Skingle  of  Sabridgeworth,  Herts., 
clarke,  £3  and  my  best  carpett  wch  was  her  mothers. 
Unto  Sarah  Bray  of  Stanstead  aforesaid  my  daughter  late 
wif  of  Richard  Bray  one  feather  bede  and  bolster.  Unto 
Joane  my  daughter  my  best  chest  in  the  chamber  over  the 
kitchin  and  all  that  is  in  sayd  chest.  Unto  my  daughter 
Mary  my  best  chest  in  the  chamber  over  the  hall  and  all 
that  is  in  sayd  chest.  To  my  two  said  daughters  Joane 
and  Mary  all  my  household  goods  and  moveables  with  my 
five  cowes  and  one  bullock  with  my  hay  and  one  peece  of 
wheat  growing  in  the  common  feeld  neere  my  house,  con- 
-teining  about  one  acre.  Unto  Robert  Burnap  of  Stan- 
stead my  son  all  other  my  goods  corne  and  chattells  what- 
soever and  he  to  be  sole  executor."  Testator  makes  his 
mark,  which  is  witnessed  by  Thomas  Browne  and  Josias 
Wood.  The  above  will  was  proved  at  Ware  on  29  April, 
1668,  by  Robert  Burnap,  the  son,  the  executor  named  in 
it.     (Arch.  Mddx.  Essex  &  Herts.     Filed  Will.) 

From  an  entry  in  the  Probate  Act  Books  of  this  Court 
under  date  of  29  April  1668  we  gather  that  Robert 
Burnapp's  executorship  had  been  opposed    (probably  by 


BY   HENRY-  WYCKOFF   BELKNAP  239 

Thomas  Ms  half-brother) » but  it  is  confirmed  to  him  by 
decree  of  the  Court,  and  he  swore  the  goods  of  the  deceased 
at  £116:7:0. 

Children  by  first  wife: — 

16a.  Mahie,  baptized  25  August,  1611,  at  Hunsdon. 

17.  Thomas,  died  about  1688. 

18.  John,  died  about  1674. 

19.  Judith,  living  in  1667-8. 

20.  SABAfe,  died  about  1698. 

Children  by  second  wife : — 

21.  KOBERT,  born  about  1634. 

22.  Samuel,  living  in  1660. 

23.  Joan,  a  minor  in  Stanstead  in  1657-8. 

24.  Maby,  a  minor  in  Stanstead  in  1657-8. 

12.  Mary  Buenap  was  married  by  license,  14  Sep- 
tember, 1610,  to  Daniel  Cramphorne,  probably  her  cousin, 
of  Sawbridgeworth,  Herts.,  husbandman,  she  being  of 
Hunsdon,  Herts.,  spinster,  at  Little  Ilford,  Essex,  by  the 
Eev.  John  Morse,  her  brother-in-law,  five  months  after  he 
obtained  his  own  license.  She  and  her  husband  were  wit- 
nesses to  the  will  of  Rev.  John  Morse  in  1645. 

13.  John  Burnap,  bom  in  1590  between  Easter  and 
October,  was  sixteen  years  of  age  at  Easter,  1607,  and  43 
years  old  October  1633.  The  will  of  his  paternal  grand- 
father, Thomas  Burnap,  in  1593-4  leaves  him  the  re- 
mainder of  his  freehold  property,  if  alive,  and  stipulates 
that  the  father  of  John  and  his  brother  Thomas  (who  is 
given  a  prior  right  to  the  property  if  alive)  shall  have  the 
houses  and  lands  to  bring  them  up  until  they  reach  the 
age  of  twenty-one.  He  received  his  early  education  from 
Mr.  Viall  at  Royden,  Essex,  as  is  shown  by  the  records  of 
Caius  College,  Cambridge,  in  which  he  is  described  as  the 
son  of  Thomas  Burnappe  of  Stanstead,  Herts,  when,  at 
the  age  of  sixteen,  he  was  admitted,  Easter  1607,  sizar  of 

Caius  of  his  surety Kidman,  B.  A.     He  obtained  his 

degrees  of  B.  A.  1609-10  and  M.  A.  1613.     (Matricula- 
tions of  Cambridge.) 

Venn's  "Caius"  states  that  he  was  Curate  of  Benning- 
ton, Herts.,  from  1614  to  1629  and  13  January,  1628-9, 
he  was  instituted  to  Aston  Rectory,  Herts.,  by  Bishop  Wil- 


240  THE   BURNAP-BURNETT  GENEALOGY 

liams  upon  the  death  of  John  Gamon,  late  Rector  of  that 
parish.  The  patron  was  Sir  John  Boteler,  Kt.  (Clutter- 
buck's  Hertfordshire,  vol.  ii,  p.  249.) 

He  married  by  license,  27  October  1617,  at  Watton, 
Herts.,  Ellen,  daughter  of  Thomas  Young  (Yonge)  of  Ben- 
nington, Herts.,  and  20  October,  1630,  his  father-in-law 
made  his  will  as  follows: — "In  the  name  of  God  Amen. 
40/-  to  the  poor  of  Paul's  Walden.  20/-  to  the  poor  of 
Bennington;  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  daughter 
Bumap's  children  five  pounds  of  lawfull  money  equallie 
to  bee  divided  betweene  them  within  one  year  after  my 
decease.  £5  to  my  son  John  Young.  20/—  to  each  of 
the  children  of  my  daughter  Sibble  Bigge.  20/-  to  each 
of  the  children  of  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Kent.  40/- 
each  to  Thomas,  John,  ISTathaniel  Young,  children  of 
my  son  Thomas  Youn^.  £10  to  my  daughter  Joane  Miles. 
10/-  each  to  the  children  of  my  daughter  Alice  Miles. 
Residue  to  my  son  George  Young  and  he  to  be  sole  execu- 
tor."   Witnesses: — Thomas  Bigge,  John  Bigge. 

The  above  will  was  proved  by  said  executor  3  May, 
1631  (P.  C.  0.  56  St.  John). 

On  4  Oct.,  1633  John  Bumapp  of  Aston,  clerk,  ae.  43, 
was  a  deponent  in  Vanlore  v.  Caesar,  a  suit  about  the 
tythes  of  Bennington,  etc.  (Chancery  Depositions  Eliz. 
Chas.  I,  vol.  3,  p.  6.) 

Under  date  of  8  l!^ovember,  1633,  John  Cardye  of 
Aston  made  his  will  in  which  appears : — "Item  I  give  unto 
John  Bumapp  Gierke  Parson  of  Aston  aforesaid  twentie 
shillings  to  buy  him  a  Ringe"  (P.  C.  C.  79  Seager). 

On  13  April,  1638,  Joh'es  Burnapp,' Rector,  signed  a 
Church  Terrier  for  Aston  (See  Herts.  Genealogist,  vol. 
iii,  p.  70). 

In  1646  he  signed  the  petition  of  Herts,  ministers  in 
favor  of  Presbyterian  government  (Urwick,  p.  460). 

(  To  he  continued ) 


l^^ 


HISTORICAL  COLLECTIONS 

OF  THE 

ESSEX  INSTITUTE 


Vol.  LV'I  October,  1920  No.  4 


THE  BOSTON  AND  MAINE   RAILROAD. 


A  History  of  the  Main  Road,  with  its  Tributary 

Lines. 


BY   FRANCIS  B.    C.   BRADLEE. 


It  has  been  remarked  often  that  the  present  Boston  and 
Maine  Railroad  system,  with  its  thousands  of  miles  of 
tracks  extending  through  several  States,  resembles  in 
composition  a  patch-work  quilt,  as  with  the  exception  of 
a  very  small  proportion,  the  road  consists  almost  entirely 
of  a  consolidation  of  small  railroads  formerly  independ- 
ent of  the  Boston  and  Maine  and  of  each  other.  Strange, 
also,  as  it  may  seem  to  the  present  generation,  the  Boston 
and  Maine  in  its  infancy,  eighty-five  years  ago,  derived 
its  name  and  its  corporate  existence  from  an  amalgama- 
tion of  small  branch  railroads,  which  amalgamation  was 
considered  by  our  forefathers  as  tremendous  an  under- 
taking, as  the  huge  consolidations  of  today,  and  was 
looked  upon  with  as  much  suspicion  and  disfavor. 

In  order  that  an  intelligent  understanding  may  be  had 
of  the  company's  early  history,  it  will  be  best  to  quote 
the  following  Acts  of  Legislature  incorporating  the  vari- 
ous small  railroads  which  made  up  what  was  known  as 
the  "old"  Boston  and  Maine  road  : — 

(241) 


242  THE  BOSTON   AND   MAINE   RAILROAD 

Acts  of  Massachusetts. 

An  Act,  incorporating  the  Andover  and  Wilmington  Railroad 
Corporation,  passed  March  15,  1833. 

An  Act,  authorizing  the  extension  of  the  above  to  Haverhill, 
passed  April  7,  1835. 

An  Act,  authorizing  a  further  extension,  from  Haverhill  to  the 
State  line  of  New  Hampshire,  and  changing  the  name  to  the  An- 
dover  and  Haverhill  Railroad  Corporation,  passed  April  7,  18;'7. 

An  Act,  changing  the  name  of  the  Andover  and  Haverhill  Rail- 
road Corporation  to  that  of  the  Boston  and  Portland  Railroad  Cor- 
poration, passed  April  3,  1839. 

An  Act,  to  incorporate  the  Boston  and  Maine  Extension  Railroad 
Corporation,  bringing  the  road  directly  into  Boston  to  the  terminus 
in  Haymarket  square,  passed  March  16, 1844. 

Acts  of  New  Hampshire. 

An  Act  to  incorporate  the  Boston  and  Maine  Railroad  Corpora- 
tion, from  the  State  line  of  Massachusetts  to  the  State  li;:e  of 
Maine,  passed  June  27,  1835. 

An  Act,  to  incorporate  the  Dover  and  Winipisiogee  Railroad, 
passed  July  2, 1839. 

Acts  of  Maine. 

An  Act,  incorporating  the  Maine,  New  Hampshire  and  Massachu- 
setts Railroad  Corporation,  passed  March  30,  1836. 

An  Act,  in  addition  to  the  above,  passed  April  2,  1841,  uniting 
the  above-named  corporation  into  one  company,  by  the  name  of  the 
Boston  and  Maine  Railroad. 

The  people  of  Andover,  in  the  year  1833,  desirous  of 
obtaining  railroad  accommodations  for  their  town  and 
vicinity,  petitioned  the  Legislature  of  Massachusetts  for 
authority  to  locate  and  construct  a  railroad  beginning  near 
the  South  Parish  meeting-house  in  Andover,  and  thence 
to  the  Boston  and  Lowell  Railroad  in  the  town  of  Wil- 
mington, a  distance  of  less  than  eight  miles.  As  before 
mentioned,  the  charter,  under  the  name  of  the  Wilmington 
and  Andover  Railroad  Corporation,  was  approved  March 
15,  1833.  The  corporation  was  organized  in  June, 
1833,  and  the  first  report  to  the  stockholders  by  the 
directors,  Hobart  Clark,  Abraham  Marland,  Amos  Ab- 
bott, John  Smith  and  Merrill  Pettengill,  was  made  in  a 
quaint,  amusing,  and  now  very  rare  pamphlet,  dated  Oct. 


BY  FRANCIS  B.   C.   BRADLBE  248 

21,  1834.1  The  directors  at  first  had  hoped  to  secure  the 
services  of  Colonel  Loammi  Baldwin,  a  distinguished 
civil  engineer,  to  survey  the  road,  but  as  he  was  unable 
to  undertake  the  work,  Mr.  Joshua  Barney,  also  well 
known  in  his  profession,  who  afterwards  conducted  the 
surveys  for  the  Nashua  and  Lowell  Railroad,  was  engaged. 
An  exhibit  of  the  probable  income  of  the  road  was 
made  up  by  showing  the  number  of  stage  passengers  and 
freight  that  had  passed  from  and  through  Andover  from 
October  1,  1833  to  October  1,  1834,  as  follows  :— 

"In  the  Aadover  stage,  ezclnsive  of  way  passengers,  as 

per  -way  bills, 4,158 

"In  the  Harerhill  Company  stages  daring  the  same 

time,  as  also  appears  from  their  way  bills,      .        .  8,706 

"The  Derry  stage,  which  is  only  one  a  day,  but  was 
formerly  two,  and  is  to  be  two  again  soon,  is  esti- 
mated at  nine  per  day,  making,  daring  the  same 
period,  the  nnmber  of 2,817 


"Total  nnmber  of  stage  passengers,       ....  16,681 

The  freight  tonnage  was  obtained  in  the  same  way, 
calculating  the  amount  which  passed  through  and  from 
Andover  to  and  from  Boston,  conveyed  in  baggage 
wagons,  and  amounted  to  6,700  tons.  Receipts  from  the 
above  number  of  passengers  and  tons  of  freight  per 
annum  was  estimated  at  $23,160.  Toll  to  be  paid  the 
Boston  and  Lowell  Railroad  on  this  amount  of  business 
was  figured  at  $2,594.34,  leaving  for  earnings  on  the  new 
road  $20,666.  The  capital  stock  authorized  was  $100,000, 
a  large  amount  being  held  by  the  Andover  Academy 
and  Theological  Seminary ;  and  the  expense  of  operating 
this  road  was  calculated  to  be,  including  six  per  cent,  in- 
terest on  capital,  salaries,  repairs  and  other  contingencies, 
$17,008,  which  netted,  after  paying  all  expenses,  tiie  sum 
of  $3,656.41. 

It  was  planned  that  the  road  should  have  a  single 
track,  with  one   or  more   turnouts,   laid   with  iron  rails 

'First  Report  of  the  Directors  of  the  Andorer  and  Wilmington 
R.  R.    Andorer,  23  pp.,  1834. 


244  THE  BOSTON   AND  MAINE  RAILROAD 

placed  on  wooden  sleepers,  with  longitudinal  sills,  the 
total  cost  of  which  was  estimated  at  $77,002.  Very  few, 
if  any,  iron  rails  were  then  rolled  in  this  country,  practi- 
cally all  having  to  be  imported  from  England. 

The  Andover  Branch  Kailroad  was  started  mainly,  if 
not  wholly,  with  a  view  to  local  business,  and  was  entire- 
ly dependent  on  the  good  will  of  the  Boston  and  Lowell 
road  for  its  direct  connection  with  Boston  and  use  of  the 
latter's  terminal  station  there.  Nevertheless,  that  it  was 
considered  a  formidable  undertaking  at  that  time  there 
can  be  no  doubt,  as  nearly  three  and  one-half  years  were 
consumed  in  its  construction.  It  was,  however,  after 
much  delay,  completed  and  opened  to  the  public  on  August 
8,  1836. 

The  only  newspaper  article  on  the  inauguration  pi  this 
railroad  is  a  meagre  and  unsatisfactory  account  which 
appeared  in  the  Salem  Q-azette,  August  2,  1836  : — 

"Andover  and  Boston  R.  Rd. 

"This  road  is  finished  from  Wilmington  to  Andover. 
The  cars  were  to  commence  running  last  week.  The  An- 
dover route  is  now  only  between  Wilmington  and  An- 
dover, a  distance  of  but  a  little  over  7  miles.  At  Wil- 
mington the  road  intersects  the  Lowell  road.  This  road 
it  is  expected  will  be  completed  from  Andover  to  Haver- 
hill within  a  year ;  and  will  probably  terminate  at  the 
latter  place,  not  proceeding  further  north,  as  was  antici- 
pated a  year  since." 

The  two  original  locomotives  on  the  road  were  the 
"Andover"  and  the  "Haverhill,"  and  they  are  described 
as  of  "the  high  pressure  type,  each  of  30  horse  power," 
with  two  driving  wheels.  Until  about  1848  cabs  were 
unknown  on  locomotives  in  New  England,  the  engineers 
and  firemen  facing  the  elements  on  the  open  platforms  as 
best  they  could.  In  1837  another  locomotive,  the  "Rock- 
ingham," of  exactly  the  same  size  as  the  two  earlier  ones, 
was  added  to  the  road.  These  three  engines  were  built 
by  the  Locks  and  Canals  Works  at  Lowell,  Mass. 

We  have  no  means  of  knowing  what  kind  of  passenger 
cars  were  first  used  on  the  Boston  and  Maine,  but  proba- 
bly they  were  much  like  those  on  the  Lowell  road,  resem- 
bling stage  coaches  mounted  on  frames.  The  wheels  were 


BY  FRANCIS  B.   C.   BRADLEE  245 

adapted  to  the  rails,  and  each  car  was  divided  into  three 
compartments,  with  doors  on  the  sides  and  the  passengers 
sitting  back  to  back. 

During  the  construction  of  the  Andover  branch,  the 
people  of  Haverhill,  moved  by  a  desire  to  place  their  own 
town  on  an  equality  with  Andover,  sought  and  obtained 
authority  on  April  7,  1835,  "to  extend  the  same  in  an 
easterly  direction  to  the  Central  Village  in  Haverhill." 
This  extension  was  opened  to  Bradford,  on  the  opposite 
shore  of  the  Merrimac  river  from  Haverhill,  17  miles 
from  Wilmington,  on  October  26,  1837.  Haverhill,  then 
a  small  village,  gave  the  railroad  but  a  meagre  amount  of 
business.  Even  after  the  road  was  extended  across  the 
river  to  what  is  now  a  city  of  over  forty  thousand  in- 
habitants, one  day's  entire  receipts  for  tickets  amounted 
to  a  sum  less  than  three  dollars. 

About  this  time  the  management  of  the  Andover  and 
Haverhill  road  began  to  consider  an  extension  of  its  lines, 
and  after  a  series  of  meetings  held  at  Exeter,  Dover, 
N.  H.,  and  other  places,  the  project  was  evolved  of  ex- 
tending the  line  to  the  Maine  State  boundary,  to  connect 
there  with  the  Portland,  Saco  and  Portsmouth  Railroad, 
then  just  chartered  in  the  State  of  Maine.  This  would 
make  a  through  road  to  Portland,  to  be  called  the  **upper 
route,"  in  contradistinction  to  the  "lower  route,"  as  the 
Eastern  Railroad,  then  in  course  of  construction,  was 
called.  On  April  6,  1837,  further  authority  was  obtained 
to  extend  from  Bradford  to  the  New  Hampshire  line. 
The  latter  State  had,  as  far  back  as  June  27,  1835,  given 
permission  to  build  the  road  through  its  territory.  Un- 
fortunately at  this  time  the  Andover  and  Haverhill  com- 
pany was  in  debt,  its  credit  gone,  and  the  directors  were 
supplying  its  immediate  wants  by  their  personal  security. 

In  April,  1838,  Thomas  West  of  Haverhill  was  elected 
a  director,  and  soon  after  president ;  be  was  a  man  of 
great  energy,  foresight  and  strength  of  character,  and  to 
him,  more  than  to  anyone  else,  is  due  the  completion  of 
the  road  soon  to  be  known  as  the  Boston  and  Maine.  To 
retrieve  the  company  and  remove  its  embarrassments,  new 
stock  was  issued  and  sold  to  the  stockholders  and  others 
at  $60  per  share ;  this  afforded  partial  relief.     New  stock 


246  THE  BOSTON   AND  MAINE  RAILROAD 

was  again  issued  and  sold  at  auction  in  Boston  at  $72  to 
$75  per  share.  These  funds,  with  a  loan  of  the  State 
credit  of  Massachusetts  of  $50,000,  in  addition  to  the 
$100,000  previously  granted,  enabled  the  company  to 
build  a  bridge  over  the  Merrimack  river  at  Haverhill 
and  complete  the  road  to  South  Berwick  Junction,  Maine, 
where  it  connected  with  the  Portland,  Saco  and  Ports- 
mouth Railroad. 

It  must  be  remembered  that  in  these  early  days  the 
only  way  to  obtain  funds  for  a  railroad  corporation  was 
by  means  of  new  issues  of  stock,  or  notes  endorsed  by 
the  directors  and  principal  stockholders.  Not  until  1854 
did  the  Massachusetts  Legislature  pass  a  law  allowing 
railroads  to  fund  their  floating  debts  by  means  of  bond 
issues.  The  road  was  opened  to  East  Kingston,  N.  H., 
January  1,  1840  ;  to  Exeter,  N.  H.,  June  26,  1840  ;  to 
Newmarket,  N.  H.,  July  28,  1841  ;  Dover,  to  the  tempo- 
rary depot  in  Coffin's  Cut,  September  24,  1841 ;  to  the 
permanent  depot,  July  5,  1842.  It  finally  reached  its 
terminus  at  South  Berwick  Junction,  February  2,  1843. 
At  this  time  the  present  city  of  Lawrence  barely  existed, 
except  for  two  or  three  houses,  and  the  line  of  the  Boston 
and  Maine  did  not  pass  within  a  mile  of  it ;  afterwards 
the  location  of  the  road  was  changed  to  include  Lawrence, 
as  will  be  seen  later  on. 

The  Portland,  Saco  and  Portsmouth  company  for  thirty 
years  was  controlled  partially  by  the  Boston  and  Maine 
as  its  connecting  link  with  Portland,  so  a  short  account 
of  it  may  well  be  included  here.  On  March  14,  1837, 
the  Legislature  of  Maine  incorporated  this  company  with 
a  capital  of  $1,390,000,  in  shares  of  $100  each.  By  its 
charter  the  company  was  to  build  a  railroad  beginning  at 
Portland  and  running  through  the  towns  of  Scarborough, 
Saco,  Kennebunk,  North  and  South  Berwick  (South  Ber-. 
wick  Junction  was  34  miles  distant  from  Portland),  Eliot 
and  Kittery,  Maine,  to  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  52  miles  in 
length,  to  connect  with  the  Eastern  Railroad  at  the  latter 
place.  Work  was  begun  in  1841,  and  the  road  opened 
between  Portland  and  Saco  on  February  7,  1842.  It  was 
entirely  completed  November  21,  1842,  the  total  cost  of 
construction  amounting  to  $1,107,240. 


BY   FRANCIS   B.   C.   BRADLEE  247 

On  January  27,  1843,  the  Portland,  Saco  and  Ports- 
mouth Railroad  was  leased  indefinitely  to  the  Eastern  and 
Boston  and  Maine  companies  at  an  annual  rental  of  6  per 
cent,  with  a  penalty  of  $200,000  on  each  party  for  a 
breach  of  contract.  The  road,  however,  was  operated 
independently,  and  had  its  own  locomotives  and  rolling 
stock,  although  the  latter  only  amounted  to  five  or  six 
passenger,  cars  and  about  fifty  freight  cars,  as  the  trains 
were  almost  entirely  made  up  of  Eastern  and  Boston  and 
Maine  cars  which  ran  through  from  Boston  to  Portland. 
The  Eastern  train  would  be  taken  over  at  Portsmouth, 
and  when  South  Berwick  Junction  was  reached  the  Bos- 
ton and  Maine  train  was  coupled  on,  and  both  trains, 
drawn  by  one  locomotive,  would  proceed  to  Portland,  the 
running  time  from  Boston  being  five  hours  and  the  fare 
$4  on  either  road.  The  Portland,  Saco  and  Portsmouth 
locomotives  were  always  very  heavy  and  large  to  enable 
them  to  draw  both  trains.  Their  pioneers  were  the  "Cas- 
co,"  "Saco,"  "York,"  ''Cumberland,"  "Kennebec"  and 
"Penobscot." 

The  first  station  in  Portland  was  of  the  "dead  end" 
variety,  and  was  situated  on  Commercial  street,  near  the 
steamboat  wharves.  This  location,  not  far  from  the  water 
front,  was  of  great  importance  to  the  railroad  in  the  case 
of  through  passengers  and  freight,  as  for  some  years  after 
1842  there  was  no  connecting  railroad  in  Maine  below 
Portland,  and  most  of  the  passengers  going  further  east 
availed  themselves  of  the  water  route. 

When  the  railroad  to  Portland  was  first  opened  the  va- 
rious steamboat  lines  running  east  from  Boston  kept  up 
a  constant  and  merciless  competition,  so  much  so  that  in 
order  to  meet  it  the  three  railroad  companies,  besides 
controlling  the  steamboats  "Huntress"  and  "M.  Y.  Beach" 
that  plied  from  Portland  to  Bath  and  Bangor,  were  forced 
to  occasionally  reduce  their  fare  to  $1  between  Boston 
and  Portland.  Although  the  Boston  and  Maine  was  joint 
lessor  with  the  Eastern  of  the  Portland,  Saco  and  Ports- 
mouth, the  Eastern,  however,  always  seemed  to  exert  the 
most  influence.  Later  on  it  will  be  seen  that  the 
Eastern  obtained  the  sole  control  of  the  Portland, 
Saco     and   Portsmouth,   thus    forcing   the   Boston   and 


248  THE  BOSTON    AND   MAINE  RAILROAD 

Maine  to  build  their  extension  from  South  Berwick 
to  Portland.  In  April,  1847,  a  new  agreement  was 
made  between  the  Eastern,  Boston  and  Maine,  and 
Portland,  Saco  and  Portsmouth  roads,  by  which  the  profits 
of  the  latter,  if  they  amounted  to  more  than  the  rates  of 
interest  guaranteed,  should  be  divided  equally  between 
the  two  former  companies.  This  was  most  profitable  to 
the  Boston  and  Maine,  as  in  later  years  they  netted  as 
much  as  $50,000  in  a  single  year. 

The  line  of  the  Boston  and  Maine  to  South  Berwick 
Junction  was  constructed  under  the  superintendence  of 
James  Hayward,  a  director  of  the  company,  an  eminent 
civil  engineer,  whose  able  associates  were  John  W.  Brooks, 
Israel  M.  Spelman,  afterwards  the  company's  president, 
and  Edward  Appleton.  All  the  contract  work  was  exe- 
cuted by  Jonathan  Crane  and  his  son  Edward,  of  Haver- 
hill, who  together  at  various  times  completed  the  entire 
line.  The  roadbed  of  the  Boston  and  Maine  was  thoroughly 
gravelled  and  made  elastic  and  for  a  long  time  was  con- 
sidered one  of  the  best  in  the  country.  This  fine  condi- 
tion of  the  track  and  the  thorough  superintendence  it 
enjoyed  made  it  a  remarkably  exceptional  road  as  to  "ac- 
cidents," so  called,  in  contrast  to  the  Eastern  Railroad, 
only  one  severe  one  having  occurred  during  its  entire 
existence. 

From  1839  to  1843  the  road  was  known  as  the  "Boston 
and  Portland  Railroad,"  but  in  the  latter  year  the  more 
familiar  name  of  "Boston  and  Maine"  was  adopted.  The 
original  capital  of  the  Boston  and  Maine  consisted  of  six 
thousand  shares  of  a  par  value  of  $100  each.  On  July  24, 
1843,  the  road's  first  branch,  from  RoUinsford  to  Great 
Falls,  N.  H.,  a  distance  of  three  miles,  was  opened.  From  a 
time-table  dated  November  1,  1841,  and  entitled  "Boston 
and  Portland  Railroad — road  opened  to  Dover — 48  miles 
from  Portland,"  we  learn  that  trains  left  Boston  "at  7  1-2 
and  11  1-2  A.  M.,  and  6  P.  M.  for  Andover,  Haverhill, 
Exeter,  New-Market,  Durham  and  Dover"  .  .  .  return- 
ing "left  Dover  for  Boston  (and  by  connection  for  Low- 
ell and  Nashua)  at  6  1-2  and  9  A.  M.  and  3  1-2  P.  M. 
.  .  .  the  depot  in  Boston  is  on  Lowell  street,  and  passen- 
gers taking  the  cars  of  this  road  are  subjected  to   no  de- 


vV 


OLD   LOWELL   STATION    IN    BOSTON 
Built  in  I  835  and  used  by  the  Boston  and  Maine  until  I  845 

W^^'^'iVn^W'^^T^£€>^<^   Fare $2. 

Good  far  a  passage  to  any   Station  on   the  Easiem>Ji 

\w>  Hantoii  auil  MJiiii«  Rail   Road,  in   the   Morning  Trainj 

\of  Msdfygonly. 

.^  [    ^ 

Ticket  Seller. 

^C^  fMAMdgers  «*e  pot  Rlk>w«<1  to  take,  nor   will  (heae  Compaoles  be  reoponsi-^^ 
b!e  for  Bacc*ce  if  jt  exceed  FIFTY  DOLLARS  io  value,  unless  Freight  on  any?  ^ 
!a(i<)1WDn  thereto  be  paid  in  advance;  and  this   notice  forms   part  of  all  cont«Mcts  for| 
iutnrs^ortntiou  of  passengers  and  their  eSects. 

J.    RUSSEZiZi,   JR.,  Sup/.  P.  S.  if  P.  R. 


THE  RAILROAD  STATION  AT  PORTLAND 

Built  in  I  842  for  the  Portland,  Saco  and  Portsmouth  R.  R.  and  used  by  the  Boston  and 

Maine  R.  R.  until  1873 


BT  FRANCIS  B.   C.   BRADLEE  249 

tention  by  change  of  conveyance.  Travellers  from  the 
northern  and  eastern  parts  of  New  Hampshire,  or  from 
any  part  of  the  State  of  Maine,  will  find  that  this  route 
has  superior  advantages  in  passing  to  and  from  the  city 
of  Boston,  Merchandize  Trains  will  leave  Boston  and 
Dover  every  morning  at  6  o'clock."  It  is  not  uninterest- 
ing, also,  to  note  that  a  little  later  Niles'  express  had 
been  established  on  the  line  of  the  Boston  and  Maine  and 
advertised  itself  in  the  following  quaint  way  : — 

NiLBs's  Express  to  Exbtkb,  Newmarket,   and  Dover,  N.  H. 

The  SDbscriber  wonld  give  notice  that  be  has  commenced  ran- 
Biog  an  Express,  in  connection  with  the  Boston  and  Portland  Bail- 
road,  to  Exeter,  New-Market  and  Dorer,  and  solicits  a  share  of  the 
public  patronage.  He  has  been  a  driver  of  the  Dover  and  Boston 
stage  for  the  last  twenty  years;  he  flatters  himself  that  he  is  favor- 
ably known  as  a  faithful  carrier  and  competent  to  the  discharge  of 
any  basiness  that  may  be  entrusted  to  his  care.  He  will  leave  Bos- 
ton for  Dover  every  afternoon,  at  5  o'clock,  and  any  packages  left 
at  No.  11  Elm  street  by  4  o'clock  will  meet  with  attention.  All 
packages  for  Great  Falls,  South  Berwick,  Kennebunk,  Saco  and 
Portland,  as  well  as  for  any  of  the  towns  in  the  N.  E.  part  of  New 
Hampshire,  will  be  taken  as  above,  and  forwarded  by  the  several 
stages  which  he  interaeets  at  Dover. 

Daniel  Niijbs. 

Boston,  Jan.  26, 1842. 

Many  if  not  most  of  the  early  railroad  conductors  in 
N«w  England  were  former  stage  drivers.  The  companies 
themselves  were  glad  to  employ  them,  for  they  were,  as  a 
class,  responsible  men  and  used  to  the  travelling  public 
and  its  ways. 

Another  time-table,  dated  May  20,  1 844,  after  the  road 
was  opened  in  its  entire  length,  is  as  follows  : — 

Boston  and  Maine  Railroad. 

Boston  to  Portland. 

Summer  Arrangement,   1844. 

On  and  after  May  20,  1844,  Trains  will  run  daily,  Sundays  ex. 
cepted,  as  follows,  viz:  Leave  Boston  for  Portland  at  7  A.  M.  and 
2^  P.  M.    Leave  Boston  for  Somersworth  (Great  Falls),  at  7  and 


260 


THE  BOSTON   AND   MAINE   RAILROAD 


lOf  A.  M.,  2i  and  6  P.  M.  Leave  Portland  for  Boston,  at  6^  A.  M. 
and  4  P.  M.  Leave  Somersworth  (Great  Falls),  for  Boston,  at  4J 
and  8  A.  M.,  3  and  5£  P.  M. 

The  depot  in  Boston  is  at  the  foot  of  Lowell  street.  .  .  . 

Passengers  are  not  allowed  to  carry  Baggage  beyond  $50  in  value, 
unless  notice  is  given,  and  an  extra  amount  paid,  at  the  rate  of  the 
price  of  a  ticket  for  every  $500  additional  value. 


Jonathan  B.  Wadleigh, 
Charles  E.  Dearborn, 
Ansell  Tucker, 


Conductors. 

Samuel  B.  Corliss, 
Daniel  V.  Hoit, 
Joseph  L.  Smith. 


Table  of  Distances  over  the  Boston  and  Maine  Railboad, 
Boston  to  Portland. 


Miles 

Miles 

Medford, 

5 

South  Newmarket, 

53 

South  Woburn, 

8 

Newmarket, 

56 

Woburn, 

10 

Durham, 

61 

Wilmington, 

15 

Madbury, 

63 

Ballardvale, 

21 

Dover, 

66 

Andover, 

23 

Somersworth, 

69 

North  Andover, 

26 

Berwick, 

70 

Bradford, 

81 

South  Berwick, 

74 

Haverhill, 

32 

P.  S.  and  P.  R. 

Rd. 

Atkinson, 

36 

North  Berwick, 

76 

Plaistow, 

37 

Wells, 

81 

Newtown, 

40 

Kennebunk, 

86 

Kingston, 

41 

Saco, 

96 

East  Kingston, 

44 

Scarborough, 

104 

Exeter, 

49 

Portland, 

109 

Cha's  Minot,  Sup't. 

A  picture  of  a  train  in  the  original  of  the  time-table 
shows  a  more  modern  type  of  car  than  at  first  used,  re- 
sembling in  a  slight  degree  those  of  today.  These  cars 
had  flat  roofs  and  eight  wheels  each.  They  were  equipped 
with  platforms  and  the  doors  were  at  the  ends ;  the  seats 
were  arranged  as  at  present,  each  car  holding  from  fifty 
to  sixty  persons.  Among  the  early  locomotive  engineers 
on  the  Boston  and  Maine  were  David  E.  Carey,  Samuel 
Veazey,  Charles  H.  Sherman  and  William  D.  Hall. 

The  Boston  and  Maine  was  fortunate  in  the  selection 
of  its  first    superintendent,    Charles    Minot.     Mr.  Minot 


BY   FRANCIS   B.   C.   BRADLEE  251 

was  a  native  of  Haverhill,  Massachusetts,  his  father  being 
a  judge  of  the  Massachusetts  Supreme  Court.  The  son, 
also,  was  educated  for  the  legal  profession,  but  his  mind 
was  of  a  more  practical  bent,  and  'he  learned  locomotive 
engineering,  which  led  to  the  office  of  superintendent 
of  the  road.  He  was  a  man  of  great  executive  ability 
and  very  much  determined  in  all  he  undertook.  It  is  said 
he  was  quite  democratic  with  his  men,  meeting  them 
always  on  an  apparent  equality.  He,  however,  was  high 
tempered  and  not  to  be  trifled  with  in  business. 

In  1850  he  left  the  Boston  and  Maine  and  became  su- 
perintendent of  the  Erie  Railroad ;  so  popular  was  he 
among  the  employees  that  several  of  the  Boston  and 
Maine  engineers  left  with  him  and  also  joined  the  Erie. 
On  the  latter  road  Mr.  Minot  inaugurated  the  system  of 
dispatching  trains  by  telegraph.  He  afterwards  was  gen- 
eral manager  of  the  Michigan  Southern  road,  but  finally 
retired  and  returned  to  Haverhill  to  live,  where  he  died 
in  1866. 

As  has  been  seen,  the  main  line  of  the  Boston  and 
Maine  in  1844  extended  from  Wilmington  Junction  to 
South  Berwick  Junction,  a  distance  of  58  miles,  more 
than  double  the  entire  length  of  the  Boston  and  Lowell 
Railroad,  with  which  it  connected  at  Wilmington,  depend- 
ing upon  the  latter  road  for  the  prompt  and  efficient 
transportation  of  its  passengers  and  freight  to  Boston. 
The  Boston  and  Lowell,  then  in  its  glory,  cared  but  little 
for  the  Boston  and  Maine  or  its  business,  and  by  their 
unwillingness  to  subject  themselves  to  any  inconvenience 
or  delay  caused  great  embarrassment  and  vexation  to  the 
officials  and  patrons  of  the  latter  company. 

The  urgent  necessity  of  securing  an  independent  line 
to  Boston  was  so  apparent  that  a  petition  was  presented 
to  the  Legislature  of  Massachusetts  asking  for  authority 
to  build  what  was  known  as  the  "Boston  and  Maine 
Extension"  from  Wilmington  to  Boston,  a  distance  of 
fifteen  miles.  This  plan  also  involved  the  construction 
of  a  bridge  across  the  Charles  river.  Permission  was 
granted  March  16,  1844,  work  was  immediately  begun, 
and  the  new  line  opened  to  a  temporary  station  in  Boston, 
corner  of  Traverse  and  Canal  streets,  early  in  1845. 


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264  THE   BOSTON   AND   MAINE   RAILROAD 

A  permanent  station,  the  well-known  brick  building  in 
Haymarket  Square,  so  long  in  existence,  was  first  used 
on  October  20  of  the  same  year. 

The  granting  of  permission  by  the  Legislature  to  build 
a  new  railroad  leading  directly  into  Boston  caused  great 
excitement  at  the  State  House  and  the  measure  was  bit- 
terly opposed  by  the  Boston  and  Lowell  Railroad  man- 
agement on  the  ground  that  the  State  had  promised  the 
Lowell  company  that,  for  thirty  years,  no  parallel  road 
should  be  constructed  within  four  miles  on  either  side  of 
its  line.  When  first  built,  the  Haymarket  Square  station 
was  the  largest  in  Boston  and  considered  one  of  the  finest 
in  the  country.  There  were  two  tracks  in  the  train  shed, 
convenient  waiting  and  eating  rooms  for  travellers  on  the 
lower  floor,  while  the  company's  offices  were  located  on 
the  second  floor.  The  amount  of  business  then  transacted 
by  the  Boston  and  Maine  may  be  judged  by  the  fact  that 
for  some  years  after  the  station  was  built  part  of  the  up- 
per floor  was  rented  for  a  carpet  shop. 

In  1867  the  station,  which  previous  to  that  time  was  only 
261  feet  long  from  the  Haymarket  Square  front,  was  ex- 
tended to  Traverse  street  and  a  third  track  built  in  the 
train  shed.  When  the  Boston  and  Maine  first  entered 
Boston  on  its  own  tracks  there  was  a  city  ordinance  for- 
bidding locomotives  to  cross  Causeway  street.  Accord- 
ingly for  many  years  the  trains  were  hauled  in  and  out  of 
the  Haymarket  Square  station  by  means  of  horses,  and 
there  are  men  still  alive  who  remember  the  old  passenger 
cars  fitted  with  ringbolts  for  the  hooks  of  the  towlines. 

The  following  incident,  taken  from  the  Salem  0-azette 
of  September  28,  1855,  is  well  worth  reproducing,  as  it 
illustrates  some  of  the  curious  accidents  that  happened 
when  railroads  were  comparatively  new : — 

SiNGULAB  Railboad  ACCIDENT. — Yesterday  forenoon  an  acci- 
dent of  a  very  singular  nature  occurred  on  the  Boston  and  Maine 
Railroad,  near  the  Boston  depot.  A  train  was  proceeding  into  Bos- 
ton, when, — a  sufficient  momentum  to  carry  the  cart  to  the  point 
where  the  horse  power  is  applied,  having  been  attained, — the  en- 
gine was  unhitched  from  the  train,  and  was  proceeding  forward, 
when  the  engineer  discovered  that  the  switch  had  not  been  proper- 
ly changed,  and  reversed  his  engine,  which  met  the  coming  train. 


BY  FEANOIS  B.   C.   BRADLEB  255 

When  they  perceived  that  a  concassion  was  inevitable,  the  en- 
gineer and  fireman  jumped  off.  When  the  train  struck,  the  force 
turned  the  valve  so  as  to  again  let  the  steam  on,  causing  the 
locomotive  to  again  start  forward  "on  its  own  hook,"  and 
soon  to  gain  a  rate,  we  understand,  of  forty  miles  an  hour.  A 
switchman  who  perceived  the  engine  dashing  forward  so  rapidly, 
naturally  supposed  something  to  be  wrong  and  very  prudently  dis- 
connected the  track  by  turning  the  switch,  which  turned  the  engine 
off,  plunging  it  into  the  ground. 

Had  the  engine  proceeded  into  the  depot  at  its  furious  rate,  the 
damage  and  perhaps  loss  of  life  might  have  been  very  great.  It 
was  certainly  an  accident  of  a  very  singular  nature. 

The  Haymarket  Square  station  was  used  until  the  com- 
pletion of  the  North  Station  in  1894  ;  it  was  finally  tofn 
down  in  1897  to  make  way  for  the  present  branch  of  the 
Boston  City  Hospital. 

At  the  time  of  the  extension  of  the  road  from  Wil- 
mington to  Boston,  Lawrence  had  begun  to  show  signs  of 
becoming  a  prosperous  manufacturing  town ;  the  Essex 
Company  had  settled  there  and  commenced  an  extensive 
outlay  of  capital.  The  directors  of  the  Boston  and 
Maine,  with  commendable  foresight,  realized  that  Law- 
rence would,  in  the  future,  require  greater  railroad  facili- 
ties, and  so  on  March  3,  1846,  obtained  the  approval  of 
an  act  changing  the  location  of  the  road  between  Andover 
and  North  Andover,  running  down  the  valley  of  the 
Shawsheen  river  to  a  point  near  Andover  bridge  ;  thence 
along  the  south  bank  of  the  Merrimack  river  to  the  old 
line  of  the  road  at  North  Andover,  building  a  new  bridge 
across  the  Merrimack  to  deliver  passengers  in  Lawrence 
directly  upon  its  north  bank. 

The  new  line  was  completed  and  opened  to  the  public 
on  July  3,  1848.  It  was  built  with  one  track  only,  the 
double  track  at  that  time  extending  only  as  far  as  Read- 
ing, twelve  miles  from  Boston.  It  was  furnished  with 
60-pound  T  rails,  but  the  culverts  and  bridges  were  con- 
structed for  the  future  reception  of  a  double  track.  These 
two  extensions  of  the  Boston  and  Maine  had  meant  the 
construction  of  26  miles  of  new  road  and  necessitated 
the  removal  of  the  company's  repair  and  car  shops  from 
Andover  to  Lawrence.     The  outlay   of  capital  had  been 


256  THE   BOSTON  AND   MAINK   RAILROAD 

large  and  was  met  by  the  issue,  at  par,  of  3,410  shares  of 
stock. 

Two  branch  roads  were  also  constructed  by  the  com- 
pany at  this  time,  the  Medford  branch  and  the  Methuen 
branch.  The  Medford  branch,  which  extended  from  Med- 
ford Junction  on  the  main  road,  now  called  Wellington, 
three  and  one-half  miles  from  Boston,  to  Medford,  a  dis- 
tance of  two  miles,  was  opened  March  1,  1847.  It  proved 
a  wise  investment,  as  it  resulted  in  a  large  suburban  busi- 
ness, which,  however,  has  fallen  off  of  late  years  owing 
to  the  extension  of  the  trolley  cars.  The  other  line, 
known  as  the  Methuen  branch,  ran  from  the  south  bank 
of  the  Merrimack  river  at  Lawrence  to  the  State  line  of 
New  Hampshire,  a  distance  of  two  and  three-quarters 
miles.  This  branch  formed  part  of  a  railroad  twenty- 
seven  miles  in  length  connecting  Lawrence  and  Manches- 
ter, N.  H.,  but  owing  to  the  different  State  laws,  it  was 
thought  best  to  divide  it  into  two  distinct  corporations. 
It  was  opened  on  August  27, 1849,  but  the  next  year  the 
Boston  and  Maine  very  foolishly  leased  their  part  of  the 
road  to  the  Manchester  and  Lawrence  Railroad  Company. 
It  turned  out  that  the  route  to  Boston  was  five  miles 
shorter  via  this  line  than  by  way  of  Concord  and  Lowell, 
and  in  1867  the  Manchester  and  Lawrence  road  was 
leased  on  a  ten  per  cent,  basis  to  the  Boston  and  Maine's 
then  bitter  enemy,  the  Concord  Railroad.  Eventually, 
however,  on  June  29,  1895,  the  Concord  Railroad  itself 
was  leased  to  the  Boston  and  Maine,  and  on  this  occasion 
the  Manchester  and  Lawrence  paid  a  cash  dividend  of 
fifty  per  cent. 

The  extensions  and  additions  to  the  road  encountered 
much  and  bitter  opposition  from  minority  stockholders, 
who  could  not  foresee  the  future  wants  of  the  company. 
However,  the  Boston  and  Maine  became  a  financial  suc- 
cess from  the  time  it  entered  Boston  on  its  own  tracks.  Its 
stQck  gradually  advanced  to  twenty-five  per  cent,  above  par. 

The  break-down  of  Hudson,  the  great  railroad  king  in 
London,  led  to  a  corresponding  panic  in  railroad  securities 
in  this  country,  and  the  stock  of  the  Boston  and  Maine 
road  fell  to  85  or  90.  In  their  alarm  the  minority  stock- 
holders appointed  a  committee  of  investigation,  a  common 


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BY     FRANCIS  B.    C.    BRADLEB  257 

occurrence  in  the  early  days  of  railroads  when  the  sta- 
bility of  the  investment  was  still  doubted.  Edward  Crane 
of  Haverhill  was  appointed  chairman,  and  the  committee 
in  its  report,  May,  1849,  suggested  to  the  stockholders 
that  if  they  would  preserve  the  value  of  their  property 
they  should  keep  the  control  of  the  increase  of  capital 
stock  in  their  own  hands,  and  never  trust  it  primarily  to 
the  bo^rd  of  directors.  After  the  adoption  of  a  more 
conservative  policy,  the  affairs  of  the  corporation  went 
on  prosperously  for  many  years. 

The  report  of  the  investigating  committee  of  1849  also 
reveals  many  interesting  and  valuable  facts  connected 
with  early  railroading  which  are  well  worth  mentioning. 
There  were  then  45,000  shares  of  stock  issued  by  the  Bos- 
ton and  Maine  and  owned  by  people  of  the  three  States 
of  Massachusetts,  New  Hampshire  and  Maine.  The 
books  showed  an  expenditure,  from  the  beginning  of  the 
road  to  June  1,  1849,  of  8843,532.27.  Of  that  amount 
bridges  had  cost  $358,683  ;  depots,  engine  houses,  ma- 
chine shops  and  other  buildings,  8404,854,  and  land  and 
fencing  and  rolling  stock  the  balance.  At  that  time  the 
road  employed  430  persons,  and,  in  view  of  its  develop- 
ment since,  the  list  is  interesting.  In  the  superintendent's 
office  there  was  a  cashier  who  was  paid  $1,000  a  year, 
two  clerks  at  8480  each,  and  an  office  boy  at  8180.  There 
were  nine  conductors  on  passenger  trains,  five  being 
paid  850  a  month,  one  employed  at  845  a  month, 
two  at  $41.67,  and  one  at  835  a  month.  Of  the 
four  freight  conductors  one  was  paid  $45  a  month 
and  three  840.  There  were  twenty-four  ticket  agents,  the 
highest  salaried  man  being  the  official  at  Boston  at  860 
a  month.  Those  at  Lawrence  and  Great  Falls  received 
850  a  month,  while  Andover,  North  Andover,  Exeter, 
Newmarket  and  Dover  paid  840  a  month ;  Somerville, 
South  Reading,  Reading,  Haverhill  and  Rochester  paid 
$35  a  month;  Medford,  $33.99;  Maiden,  Ballardvale, 
Durham  and  Salmon  Falls,  830  ;  Melrose,  Plaistow,  East 
Kingston  and  South  Newmarket,  820 ;  Bradford,  $16  ; 
and  Newton,  $13.  Thirty-seven  men  were  employed  at 
the  freight  house  in  Boston,  and  fourteen  at  freight 
houses  elsewhere  on  the  system,  laborers  receiving  no 
more  than  $1  a  day. 


268  THE  BOSTON   AND   MAINE   RAILROAD 

There  were  six  train  baggage  masters  at  $35  a  month  , 
five  depot  baggage  masters  at  $25  to  f 35  a  month ;  four 
porters  at  stations,  ranging  from  $26  to  $30  a  month ; 
ten  watchmen  ranging  from  $26  to  $30  a  month ; 
thirteen  switchmen,  ranging  from  $15  to  $33.33  a  month, 
the  highest  paid  man  being  at  Boston ;  seventeen  en- 
gineers, eleven  of  them  at  $60  a  month,  one  at  $50,  one 
at  $45,  and  three  at  $40  ;  fourteen  firemen,  eleven  of 
them  at  $30  a  month  and  three  at  $26  ;  fourteen  brake- 
men,  thirteen  at  $30  a  month  and  one  at  $26 ;  eight  gate- 
men,  paid  from  $26  to  $30  a  month  ;  thirty-one  woodmen, 
receiving  from  four  shillings  and  six  pence  to  eight  shil- 
lings a  day  (it  is  curious  to  note  that  for  several  years 
after  1849  the  Boston  and  Maine  continued  to  pay  some 
of  its  minor  employes  in  the  old-fashioned  New  England 
shillings  and  pence)  ;  sixty  machinists,  car  repairers  and 
blacksmiths  at  the  company's  shops  in  Lawrence  were 
paid  from  66  cents  to  $2.20  daily ;  two  roadmasters  re- 
ceived $750  a  year  each ;  one  wood  agent,  who  attended 
to  the  purchase  of  all  the  fuel  for  the  locomotives,  was 
paid  $1,000  a  year,  and  the  master  of  transportation  got 
$900  per  annum.  The  superintendent,  who  practically 
managed  the  whole  road,  was  paid  $2,000  a  year ;  the 
president,  $2,000 ;  the  treasurer,  $1,500. 

In  1849  the  Boston  and  Maine  owned  thirty-five  passen- 
ger cars  appraised  at  $51,265,  and  sixteen  baggage  cars 
valued  at  $9,052.  The  locomotives  consisted  of  the 
"Andover,"  "Haverhill,"  "Rockingham,"  "Cocheco," 
"Augusta,"  "Dragon,"  "Portland,"  "Reading,"  "Maiden," 
"Goliah,"  "Antelope,"  "Bangor,"  "Massachusetts,"  "Nor- 
ris,"  "Lawrence,"  "Medford,"  "New  Hampshire," 
"Maine,"  and  Nos.  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  not  named, 
which,  with  their  tenders  and  other  appurtenances, 
were  valued  at  $121,050. 

Like  many  other  railroads  at  this  time,  the  Boston  and 
Maine  built  most  of  its  locomotives  and  cars  in  its  own 
shops  at  Lawrence,  as  the  committee  of  investigation 
found  that  by  so  doing  a  better  grade  of  rolling  stock  was 
produced  and  at  a  cheaper  price  than  it  could  be  obtained 
from  the  best  manufacturers.  Another  result  of  the  com- 
mittee of  investigation   was   the   resignation  of  Messrs. 


BY  FRANCIS  B.   C.   BRADLEE  259 

Thomas  West  and  Charles  Minot,  the  president  and  su- 
perintendent, and  the  election  of  Messrs.  John  Howe  and 
Thomas  L.  Williams  to  fill  their  places. 

In  1848  the  Massachusetts  Legislature  chartered  a  rail- 
road which  was  to  be  built  from  South  Danvers,  now 
Peabody,  to  South  Reading,  a  distance  of  eight  miles, 
there  to  connect  with  the  Boston  and  Maine.  By  using 
the  Salem  and  Lowell  Railroad  track  between  Peabody 
and  Salem,  the  new  road  afforded  another  means  of  com- 
munication between  Boston  and  Salem.  In  fact,  the 
South  Reading  Branch  Railroad,  as  it  was  called,  was 
initiated  largely  by  capitalists  of  the  latter  city ;  David 
Pingree  was  its  president,  and  D.  N.  Pickering,  superin- 
tendent. The  road  was  opened  to  the  public  August  31, 
1850,  using  the  Salem  and  Lowell  station  in  Salem.  As 
its  equipment  was  of  the  best  and  its  fares  lower  than 
the  Eastern,  it  did  not  take  long  for  the  travelling  public 
to  avail  themselves  of  the  new  line.  Its  competition 
proved  a  terrible  "thorn  in  the  side"  of  the  Eastern  Rail- 
road, and  during  1851  the  directora  of  the  latter  company 
managed  by  underhand  means  and  by  paying  an  exorbi- 
tant price,  illO  a  share,  to  acquire  the  controlling  inter- 
est in  the  South  Reading  road.  At  its  next  annual  meet- 
ing the  independent  management  was  turned  out  and 
various  directors  and  officials  of  the  Eastern  were  installed 
in  their  places. 

Soon  after,  the  time-table  was  arranged  to  discourage 
travel  to  Boston  by  means  of  the  South  Reading  road 
and  to  keep  it  on  the  main  line  of  the  Eastern.  This 
little  episode  may  be  said  to  mark  the  beginning  of  nearly 
forty  years  of  bitter  warfare  between  the  Boston  and 
Maine  and  Eastern  Railroads.  The  latter  corporation 
accused  the  Boston  and  Maine  management  of  building  or 
fostering  branch  roads,  the  sole  object  of  which  was  to 
tap  traffic  from  their  road.  Be  that  as  it  may,  the  sui- 
cidal rivalry  led  to  an  expenditure  by  both  companies  of 
about  $16,000,000,  without  any  corresponding  benefit  to 
the  public.  In  the  early  1870's,  when  the  competition 
was  at  its  worst,  the  Boston  and  Maine  added  $6,000,000 
to  its  debt,  while  the  Eastern  increased  its  obligations  to 
nearly  $10,000,000.     The  good  condition  of  the  Boston 


260  THE  BOSTON  AND   MAINE  RAILROAD 

and  Maine  and  its  superior  financial  management,  to 
which  may  be  added  its  exemption  from  official  dishon- 
esty and  corruption  which  bore  down  on  some  other  roads, 
enabled  it  to  endure  this  immense  burden  without  a  col- 
lapse, but  after  all  it  was  a  heavy  drain  and  one  which 
was  felt  in  later  times. 

The  Boston  and  Maine  was  particularly  fortunate  in  its 
route,  running  as  it  did  through  thrifty  places  just  re- 
mote enough  from  the  coast  not  to  have  the  competition 
of  water  freights,  which  drained  somewhat  from  the  prin- 
cipal stations  of  the  Eastern  road  ;  and  the  development 
of  its  local  business  was  immense,  under  generally  liberal 
management. 

For  some  time  previous  to  1846  the  citizens  of  New- 
buryport  had  harbored  a  grievance  against  the  Eastern 
Railroad,  and  at  last  a  plan  was  conceived  of  building  a 
railroad  that  should  connect  the  city  with  the  Boston  and 
Maine  road  at  Lawrence,  and  also  develop  transportation 
in  the  interior  of  Essex  County  through  Georgetown, 
Groveland  and  Haverhill.  The  promoters  of  the  new 
road  aimed  to  control  the  traffic  of  the  Merrimack  valley, 
and  it  was  hoped  that  Newburyport  thereby  would  regain 
in  part  her  earlier  importance  as  a  terminal  point  for 
trade.  A  steamboat  line  which  had  been  operated  on  the 
Merrimack  river  between  Haverhill  and  Newburyport  had 
proved  a  wise  investment,  and  by  means  of  the  proposed 
railroad  it  was  hoped  to  obtain  this  traffic,  and  at  the 
same  time  replace  the  heavy  teaming  between  Lawrence 
and  Newburyport  by  the  improved  methods  of  transporta- 
tion by  rail. 

The  town  of  Georgetown,  at  this  time,  was  interested 
extensively  in  the  manufacture  of  boots  and  shoes,  and 
as  the  railroad  was  to  supply  a  means  whereby  the  raw 
material  and  the  finished  product  could  be  quickly  trans- 
ported, a  large  number  of  prominent  citizens  were  inter- 
ested in  the  enterprise.  It  was  largely  due  to  subscribers 
in  Georgetown  that  the  railroad  was  finally  completed. 
Some  of  the  early  meetings,  prior  to  the  incorporation  of 
the  railroad  company,  were  held  in  Georgetown,  and 
afterwards  many  of  the  annual  meetings  also  took  place 
in  Tenney's  hall  in  that  town. 


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NEWBURYPORT   AMD   BRADFORD. 

TRAINS  LEAVE  NEWBURTPORT  FOR  BRADFORD  at  7.43  and  II.'JO  a.m.,  1.45  aad  5.00  pjr^ 
•<  "        BRADFORD  FOR  NBWBURYPORT  at  8.40  a.m.,  and  1.45,  SM  and  6.20  p.m. 

"         Learing  NEn  BCRVPORT  at  7.43  and  1100  a.m.,  aad  5.00  p.m.,  and   KKADFORD  at  8.40  a.-m. 

3.45  aad  6.20  p.m.,  connect  with  Trains  on  the  Boston  &  Sle.  Railroad  to  and  frost  JLAWRCN'CE,  and  the  We*t 

and  North ;   also,  with  Trains  going  East. 

GEORGETOWN  AND  EAVERRILL  RRIDGE. 

TRAINS  leave  GEORGETOWN  for  HAVERHILL  BRIDGE  at  803,  9.2.3,  11.18  am.  and  1.13,  2.03,  4.13, 

5.18  aad  6.46  p.m. 

Leave  HAVERHILL  BRIDUE  for  GEORGETOWN  at  7.45,  8.23,  11.00  a.m.,  12.5.5,  IM,  1  30,  3.00,  6  20  p.m. 


g3-  Passengers  are  not  allowed  Baggage  above  $30  in  vjtine,  or  80  Um.  in  weight,  witbont  extra  ciiat]ge.     For 
farther  particulars,  see. Hallway  Guide. 


GEORGETOWN.  OCTOBER  18.  1SS4. 


C.  8.  TEJ^NEr,  Sup't. 


BY  FRANCIS   B.   C.   BEADLBB  261 

On  March  11,  1846,  the  Massachusetts  Legislature 
passed  an  act  establishing  the  Newburyport  Railroad  Com- 
pany, the  incorporators  being  Dennis  Condry,  John  Huse, 
Enoch  S.  Williams,  John  Wood  and  Edward  S.  Moseley. 
They  were  given  the  right  to  construct  a  railroad  "from 
Newburyport  to  or  near  Georgetown  Corner,  ...  be- 
ginning at  some  convenient  point  between  the  Newbury- 
port turnpike  and  the  present  Eastern  Railroad  depot  .  .  . 
thence  southeasterly  over  or  near  Common  Pasture  .  .  . 
to  a  point  near  the  head  of  the  Downfall  Road  .  .  . 
thence  continuing  southwesterly  crossing  Parker  River 
near  Pearson's  Mills,  in  Byfield,  thence  north  of  the 
Georgetown  road,  passing  near  Dole's  Mills  in  Georgetown 
at  or  near  a  point  of  land  of  Daniel  Pusey,  about  one- 
fourth  of  a  mile  northeast  of  Savory's  Hotel  in  said 
Georgetown."  The  capital  stock  was  to  be  2,000  shares 
of  f  100  par  value.  The  organization  and  location  of  the 
road  was  to  be  effected  before  September  1,  1847,  and 
the  construction  was  to  be  completed  before  September  1, 
1849. 

Owing  to  hard  times  and  the  stringency  of  the  money 
market,  it  was  found  to  be  very  difficult  to  raise  sufficient 
capital  to  build  the  Newburyport  road,  and  in  January, 
1850,  it  was  reported  that  the  work  on  the  railroad  had 
been  "prosecuted  during  the  year  as  rapidly  as  the  means 
of  the  company  would  permit,  and  at  the  present  time 
the  whole  section  of  8  miles  and  179  rods  from  New- 
buryport to  Georgetown  is  in  such  a  state  of  forwardness 
that  a  few  weeks  of  favorable  weather  will  suffice  to 
place  it  in  running  order."  The  total  expenditures  to 
date  had  been  $66,504.66.  The  rails  on  this  road  weighed 
only  50  pounds  to  the  yard,  which  was  even  then  eight 
or  ten  pounds  lighter  than  the  rails  ordinarily  used  at 
that  period.  In  the  Newburyport  Herald  for  May,  1850, 
is  found  the  first  notice  of  train  service  on  the  Newbury- 
port Railroad,  as  follows : — 

On  and  after  Thursday,  May  23,  Passenger  and  Merchandise 
trains  leave  Georgetown  for  Newbnryport  at  7^  A.  M.,  10^  A.  M., 
and  4J  P.  M.  Leave  Newburyport  for  Georgetown  at  9  A.  M.,  2^ 
P.  M.,  6i  P.  M.  All  the  trains  will  stop  at  Pearson's  Mills  Village. 
On  Wednesday,  May  22,  the  stockholders  will  pass  over  the  road. 


262  THE  BOSTON  AND   MAINE   RAILROAD 

and  trains  for  their  accommodation  will  rnn  as  follows :  Leave 
Newbnryport  for  Georgetown,  10  A.  M.,  1  P.  M.,  3  P.  M.  and  6 
P.  M.  Leave  Georgetown  for  Newburyport,  12  M.,  2  P.  M.,  and  4 
P.  M.  Stockholders  can  receive  tickets  by  calling  on  Thomas 
Davis,  at  the  Railroad  office,  corner  Essex  and  State  Streets. 

For  the  privilege  of  using  the  Eastern  Railroad  station 
and  a  small  part  of  their  track  at  Newburyport,  the  New- 
buryport  Company  paid  $2,360.  The  first  accident  on 
the  road  occurred  July  18,  1850,  when  a  train  was  thrown 
from  the  track  by  coming  in  contact  with  a  cow,  and  con- 
ductor Benjamin  Hilliard,  in  jumping  from  the  platform 
of  the  passenger  car,  was  struck  by  the  car  and  instantly 
killed.  As  fences  along  the  right  of  way  were  not  con- 
structed in  some  cases,  the  cows  in  feeding  wandered  on 
to  the  tracks,  and  it  was  no  uncommon  thing  to  strike 
two  or  three  of  the  animals  on  the  way  to  Newburyport 
from  Georgetown.  These  were  the  days  of  hand-brakes, 
applied  by  the  fireman  on  the  tender  and  by  the  brakeman 
on  the  passenger  cars,  one  short  sharp  whistle  from  the 
locomotive  being  the  signal  for  "brakes,"  and  as  these 
never  seem  to  have  worked  very  well,  the  train  collided 
with  the  cows,  even  though  they  were  noticed  on  the 
track  some  yards  ahead. 

It  may  be  said  that  the  Newburyport  Railroad  was  of 
the  distinctly  "one-horse"  variety  and  a  constant  source 
of  jokes.  The  slowness  of  the  road  was  a  byword,  and 
it  is  said  that  on  one  occasion  the  train  was  so  late  in 
arriving  at  Byfield  that  many  of  the  citizens  gathered  at 
the  station  to  ascertain  the  cause  of  its  tardiness.  Much 
was  their  surprise  when,  at  last,  conductor  Nathan  Carter 
was  seen  coming  up  the  track  with  a  halter  thrown  over 
the  smokestack  of  the  engine,  leading  in  the  train.  The 
finances  of  the  Newburyport  Railroad  were  in  such  an 
uncertain  state  that  all  its  locomotives  and  rolling  stock 
were  purchased  at  second  hand,  having  been  discarded  by 
other  roads.  Their  locomotives  consisted  of  the  "Med- 
ford"  and  "Rockingham,"  bought  from  the  Boston  and 
Maine,  the  "Cocheco"  and  the  "Bunker  Hill";  the  latter 
was  a  ten-ton  engine  built  in  1841,  and  acquired  from  the 
Fitchburg  road ;  it  distinguished  itself  by  finally  blowing 
up  on   September  10,  1853,   and   killing  its  unfortunate 


BY  FRANCIS  B.    C.    BRADLBB  263 

fireman.  Before  the  road  from  Newburyport  to  George- 
town had  been  actually  finished,  a  public  meeting  was  held 
in  Bradford,  May  22,  1850,  "to  take  measures  in  aid  of 
extending  the  Newburyport  Railroad  from  Georgetown  to 
Bradford."  It  would  seem  that  the  latter  corporation,  in 
anticipation  of  this  event,  already  had  secured  permission 
from  the  Legislature  to  unite  with  the  Georgetown  Branch 
Railroad,  which  was  to  run  from  Bradford  to  Georgetown 
Corner,  and  had  been  chartered  March  11,  1844,  but  not 
constructed. 

Work  was  begun  on  the  new  extension  of  the  road  and 
the  construction  of  it  was  pushed  as  fast  as  the  very 
difficult  problem  of  financing  could  be  satisfactorily  solved. 
On  September  1,  1851,  the  roadbed  "had  been  completed 
from  Georgetown  to  Haverhill  bridge,"  but  was  not  in 
good  running  order  the  entire  distance  to  Bradford.  The 
fifteen  miles  from  the  Eastern  Railroad  station  in  New- 
buryport to  the  Boston  and  Maine  station  at  Bradford, 
had  cost  about  $225,000,  or  "115,000  a  mile  with  equip- 
ment complete."  This  was  believed  to  have  been  lower 
than  the  cost  of  any  other  road  in  New  England.  The 
money  market  had  been  tight,  which  forced  the  directors 
to  sacrifice  much  on  the  discount  on  the  sale  of  the  com- 
pany's notes,  and  the  land  damages,  which  amounted  to 
$25,000,  were  more  than  double  what  had  been  at  first 
anticipated.  On  September  15,  1851,  a  train  was  run 
"from  the  bridge  to  Georgetown,"  to  accommodate  the 
stockholders  who  attended  the  annual  meeting,  it  being 
"the  first  time  the  passenger  cars  have  run  to  Haverhill," 
according  to  the  Newburyport  Q-azette. 

While  the  road  was  opened  to  Bradford  for  public 
travel  on  September  22,  1851,  the  trains  did  not  run  reg- 
ularly until  the  latter  part  of  October.  A  portion  of  the 
roadbed  was  at  sub-grade  ;  the  depot  buildings  were  not 
completed ;  and  the  arrangements  which  the  directors  had 
been  able  to  effect  with  tlie  Boston  and  Maine  and  Eastern 
companies  at  the  termini  were  unsatisfactory  and  unfavor- 
able. At  this  time  the  running  expenses  of  the  road, 
including  salaries  of  the  superintendent  and  treasurer, 
fuel,  oil,  etc.,  engineers,  firemen,  conductors,  brakemen, 
switchmen,    ticket  masters,   road  master   and  three  men. 


2G4  THE   BOSTON   AND   MAINE  BAILROAD 

two  repair  hands,  sawing  wood,  etc.,  amounted  to  $37.59 
a  day. 

The  total  income  amounted  to  $83.05  daily.  The  equip- 
ment of  the  Newburyport  Railroad  consisted  of  "Three 
Locomotive  Engines,  Three  Passenger  cars,  One  eight 
wheel  Baggage  Car,  one  four  wheel  Baggage  Car,  four 
eight  wheel  House  freight  cars,  two  four  wheel  House 
Freight  Cars,  Four  eight  wheel  Platform  Cars,  Two  four 
wheel  Platform  Cars,  Nine  Gravel  Cars,  Two  Hand  Cars, 
and  One  Iron  Car."  The  company's  entire  capital  when 
united  with  the  Georgetown  Branch  Railroad  was  $300,000 
but  only  $131,000  was  paid  in,  while  the  total  cost 
of  construction  was  $255,613. 

It  was  not  long  after  the  road  had  been  completed  be- 
fore Haverhill  began  to  complain  because  all  the  freight 
for  that  city  had  to  be  teamed  across  the  bridge,  for  the 
right  to  extend  the  road  across  the  Merrimack  river  into 
Haverhill  was  not  granted  till  March  16, 1855.  Naturally 
the  result  was  a  great  loss  of  freight  for  the  railroad. 
Shortly  before  this  more  trouble  was  occasioned  the  already 
sorely  burdened  Newburyport  Railroad  by  the  refusal  of 
the  Eastern  Railroad  to  let  them  share  the  use  of  their 
Newburyport  station.  They  accordingly  were  forced  to 
build  one  of  their  own,  situated  near  the  Mall  on  High 
street,  and  only  reached  by  crossing  the  Eastern  Railroad 
tracks.  After  the  consolidation  of  the  Eastern  and  Bos- 
ton and  Maine  roads  in  1890,  this  structure  was  changed 
to  a  freight  house,  and  is  still  used  as  such. 

On  May  7,  1851,  the  Danvers  and  Georgetown  Railroad 
Company  was  chartered  "  to  construct  and  maintain  a 
railroad,  commencing  at  some  convenient  point  in  George- 
town, thence  running  through  Rowley,  Ipswich,  Boxford, 
Topsfield,  Wenham,  or  any  of  the  said  towns,  to  the 
village  of  North  Danvers,  there  to  enter  upon  and  unite 
with  the  Essex  Railroad  at  some  convenient  point."  The 
capital  stock  was  to  be  $130,000.  At  the  annual  meeting 
of  the  Newburyport  Railroad,  held  in  September,  1851, 
at  Newburyport,  the  directors  "were  requested  ...  to 
petition  the  next  Legislature  for  authority  to  unite  the 
Newburyport  Railroad  Company  with  the  Danvers  and 
Georgetown,  .  .  .  provided  the  Danvers  and  Georgetown 
join  in  such  application." 

(JTo  he  continued') 


v^tf 


THE  BURNAP-BURNETT  GENEALOGY. 


BY   HENRT   WYCKOFF   BELKNAP. 


(  Continued  from  Volume  L  VI,  page  240.') 

The  Commissioners  appointed  by  the  Parliament  in  the 
year  1650  to  enquire  into  the  state  of  ecclesiastical  bene- 
fices found  that  this  (Aston)  Rectory  was  a  parsonage 
presentative  worth  £120  a  year  and  that  Mr.  John  Bur- 
napp  was  the  incumbent  (M.  S.  Survey  in  Lam'beth  Li- 
brary, quoted  in  Clutterbuck's  Hertfordshire,  vol.  ii,  p. 
248). 

The  will  of  John  Bumap :  "In  the  Name  of  God  Amen. 
John  Bumapp  of  Aston,  Herts.,  clerk,  infirme  and  sickly 
in  body.  To  be  buried  in  Aston  Chauncell  as  near  unto 
my  deceased  wife  as  conveniently  may  be.  £3  to  the  poor 
of  Aston.  £250  to  my  son  Thomas  to  be  laid  out  in  mer- 
chantable commodities  and  wares  and  so  sent  into  New 
England  to  my  said  son  at  three  several  times  within  four 
years.  £5  to  my  old  servant  Margaret  Hunt,  and  my  son 
John  to  be  helpful  and  kind  unto  her.  20/-  to  my  ser- 
vant Thomas  Thorpe.  10/-  to  my  servant  James  Hum- 
frey.  10/-  to  my  servant  Mary  Cann.  All  the  children 
of  my  brother  Thomas  Burnapp  and  of  my  deceased 
brother  Abraham  Bumapp  and  of  my  sister  Perry  20/— 
each.  Nathaniel  Dodd  of  Bennington,  Herts.,  clerk,  and 
Henry  Chauncy  of  Yardly,  Herts.,  Esquire  to  be  Over- 
seers and  40/-  to  each  of  them.  My  son  John  to  be  sole 
executor  and  to  him  I  leave  the  residue  including  my 
lands."  Witnesses: — Henry  Chauncey,  John  Humber- 
stone,  Thomas  Thorpe  (who  made  his  mark). 

Codicil  made  at  the  same  time  as  the  will: — £50  more 
to  my  son  Thomas,  making  £300  of  which  £300  my  son 
John  has  by  appointment  already  laid  out  £120  on  goods 
which  are  now  "ashippinge"  to  New  England.  The  will 
is  sealed  with  a  seal  bearing  within  an  octagonal  frame 
a  bird  on  her  nest  feeding  her  three  young. 

On  10  March,  1653-4,  the  above  will  was  proved  at 

(265) 


266      THE  BURNAP-BURNETT  GENEALOGY 

Westminster  by  John,  the  son  and  executor  named.  Dur- 
ing the  Commonwealth,  1649-60,  all  wills  were  proved  in 
the  Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury  and  this  will  may  be 
found  registered  twice  in  error,  viz.,  190  and  193  Alchin. 
There  is  no  monumental  inscription  in  Aston  Church 
to  the  memory  of  the  Rev.  John  Burnap  or  to  that  of  his 
wife  or  either  of  his  two  sons,  Caesar  or  John,  though 
they  were  all  buried  there.  John,  the  father,  was  buried 
13  April,  1653  and  Ellen  "ye  wife  of  John  Burnapp, 
Rector  Ecclesia  (sic)  was  buried  ye  8th.  N"ovembr.  1652." 

Children : — 

25.  John,  born  after  1617,  died  in  1674. 

26.  Caesab,  named  evidently  after  Sir  Charles  Caesar,  Kt.,  of 

Bennington,  buried  29  September,  1651. 

27.  Thomas,  baptized  30  June,   1630,  at  Aston,  died  26  March, 

1691,  at  Reading,  Massachusetts. 

14.  Abraham  Burnap,  born  about  1594,  as  is  sup- 
posed, because  he  is  not  named  in  the  will  of  his  grand- 
father, Thomas  Burnap.  He  lived  in  Stanstead  Abbots 
and  he  was  married  by  license  26  June,  1621,  to  Susanna 
Adams  of  Gilston,  Herts.,  as  appears  by  the  parish  reg- 
ister there.  His  brother  the  Rev.  John  Burnap  refers  in 
his  will  to  "all  the  children  of  my  deceased  brother  Abra- 
ham Burnapp,"  in  1653,  and  from  the  will  of  his  widow 
it  is  evident  that  he  left  a  will  himself,  but  as  it  is  not  to 
be  foimd  we  may  presume  that  he  died  between  1631  and 
1649,  during  the  period  for  which  the  records  of  Arch. 
Mddx.  &  Herts,  are  lost. 

The  will  of  Susan  Burnap:  "In  the  ^Name  of  God 
Amen.  The  5th.  day  of  June  1663.  Susan  Burnapp  of 
Stansted  Abbott,  Co.  Herts.,  widow.  Unto  my  two  sons 
Jacob  Burnapp  and  Joseph  Burnapp  the  messuage  or  tene- 
ment where  I  now  dwell  in  Stansted  Abbott  called  Curtice 
garden  with  two  acres  of  arrable  land,  being  freehold,  in 
Wallett's  Feild  in  the  said  parish,  they  paying  unto  my 
daughter  Dorothy,  the  wife  of  Thomas  Hyde,  £20  being 
a  legacy  formerly  given  by  my  husband  Abraham  Burnapp 
deceased,  and  paying  to  my  two  sons  Thomas  Burnapp  and 
Isaack  Burnapp  £10  each. 


BY   HENRY   WYCKOPF  BELKNAP  267 

"Unto  my  son  Abraham  Bumapp  a  wainscoat  settle. 
Unto  my  son  John  Bumapp  one  table  and  frame  and  one 
forme  as  they  now  stand  in  the  hall  where  he  now  liveth. 
Unto  my  son  Daniell  Bumapp  twelve  pence.  •  Unto  my 
grand-child  John  Hocklie  £13 :6 :8  at  21  years  of  age. 
Residue  to  my  said  sons  Jacob  and  Joseph  and  they  to  be 
executors.  My  sons  John  and  Thomas  to  be  Overseers. 
Testatrix  makes  her  mark.  The  will  is  sealed,  but  the 
impression  is  now  obliterated."  Witnesses: — John 
Browne,  Thomas  Kay,  John  Davis  (who  makes  his  mark). 

The  above  will  was  proved,  25  June,  1664,  by  the  sons 
Jacob  and  Joseph  (Arch.  Mddx.  Essex  &  Herts.  Filed 
Will).  They  swore  her  goods  at  £85:4:4.  (Probate  Act 
Book  of  said  Court  1664,  p.  9.) 

Children : — 

28.  Thomas. 

29.  Abraham. 

30.  Isaac,  died  Feb.,  1705-6. 

31.  Jacob,  died  May,  1685. 

32.  Joseph. 

33.  John,  died  Sept.,  1680. 

34.  Daniel. 

35.  Dorothy. 

36.  A  daughter  who  married Hocklie. 

As  this  branch  has  not  been  carried  beyond  these  chil- 
dren and  does  not  concern  the  American  branch,  further 
details  are  omitted  here. 

15.  Sarah  Burnap  married  Thomas  Perry  and  her 
children  received  20/-  each  in  the  will  of  her  brother,  the 
Rev.  John  Bumap,  in  1653. 

"In  1621-2  Gilston,  Herts.  Register,  Sara,  daughter  of 
Mr.  Thomas  Perry  or  Proctor  of  Sabridgeworth^  whose 
mother  was  Sara  Bumatt,  was  baptized  31d  March." 
(Entry  badly  written  but  names  thought  to  be  as  above.) 

16.  Robert  Bubnap,  bom  about  1595,  lived  at  Hod- 
desden  End,  Great  Amwell  parish,  next  to  Stanstead  Ab- 
bots, and  emigrated  to  'New  England  in  1638.  His  bap- 
tism does  not  appear  at  Great  Amwell  nor  was  he  married 
there,  but  if  at  Stanstead  Abbots  then  it  will  not  be  found 
as  the  records  before  1678  are  lost.  In  1634,  he  buys,  "one 
messuage  one  orchard  and  one  garden,"  etc.,  in  Amwell 


268  THE    BUBNAP-BURNETT   GENEALOGY 

from  John  Morley,  Martha  Morley  (wife  of  John)  and 
Thomas  Bannister. 

The  son  John  was  evidently  the  last  child  bom  in 
England,  and  in  1638  Robert,  senior,  decides  to  try  his 
fortune  in  the  New  World.  Selling  to  William  Allen  and 
Joan  his  wife,  the  small  home  which  he  had  bought  in 
1634,  they  and  their  four  surviving  children,  Robert,  ae. 
11,  Isaac,  ae.  8,  Anne,  ae.  6  and  Edward,  ae.  2,  leave  for 
America.  Before  going  it  is  possible  that  he  visited  his 
brother,  the  Rev.  John  Burnap  at  Aston  Rectory,  and  sug- 
gested that  when  John's  son  Thomas,  then  ae.  8,  came  of 
age  he  would  try  to  find  an  opening  for  him  in  !N^ew  Eng- 
land. As  seen  by  his  father's  will,  Thomas  was  in  N'ew 
England  in  1653,  then  ae.  23. 

Robert  had  married,  about  1625,  a  wife  whose  name 
was  Ann,  but  whose  surname  has  not  been  found  and  Pope 
in  his  "Pioneers"  says  that  he  had  a  wife  Margaret  Davis, 
but  there  is  no  other  evidence  of  it.  Pope  is  also  author- 
ity for  the  statement  that  he  settled  in  Roxbury,  which  is 
borne  out  by  the  records  of  that  town  and  we  know  that 
he  was  in  Reading,  about  1646-52.  He  was  a  proprietor 
in  Roxbury  in  1640  and  he  drew  ten  acres  in  1652,  as 
appears  in  the  earliest  list  of  the  inhabitants  now  existing. 

In  several  deeds,  partly  undated,  his  name  appears,  as 
for  example  in  one  of  Mr.  Thomas  Dudley,  Esq.'s,  in  which 
part  of  the  land  lies  between  Robert  Bumope  and  William 
Dennison;  in  one  of  Abraham  How's,  land  is  mentioned 
lying  between  Samuel  Hagbome's  heirs  and  Robert  Bur- 
nope  or  his  assigns;  and  in  one  of  Isaac  Johnson's,  land 
lying  between  the  highway  and  Robert  Burnop.  In  one 
of  Arthur  Gary's,  27  acres  bought  of  Richard  Bumopp 
between  Abraham  How  and  Mr.  Thomas  Dudley  appear. 
If  this  refers  to  the  son  Richard,  it  is  the  only  reference 
found.  The  original  book  of  Roxbury  Records  was  burned 
and  in  1652  five  men  were  appointed  to  "doe  there  best 
indeuer  to  set  down  etch  man's  land."  (Roxbury  Land 
Records,  pp.  13,  34,  37,  41.) 

In  Essex  County  Deeds,  vol.  iv,  pp.  164-5,  is  found  the 
following : 


BY  HENRY  WYCKOFP   BELKNAP  269 

Robert  Bridges  of  Linne,  for  competent  consideration, 
to  Eobert  Burnupp  of  Reading,  husbandman,  a  farme  of 
800  acres  in  Linne  and  Redding,  bounded  on  north  and 
north-west  by  the  Ipswich  River;  also  25  acres  on  each 
side  of  Beaver  Dam  in  Reddinge  (grant  of  Linne  to  Rt. 
Hon.  Lord  Brooke,  deceased), 24  February,  1654;  acknowl- 
edged, 20  August,  1656.  The  same  land  was  assigned  to 
Captam  Greorge  Corwin  of  Salem,  merchant,  consideration 
£200,  24  February,  1662,  the  25  acres  being  reserved  by 
Robert  Burnup.  Witnesses: — Edward  Norrice,  Thomas 
Bumap.  Recorded  6  Dec.,  1677.  This  land  was  deeded 
by  Robert  Bumap,  Sr.,  of  Redding  to  Corwin,  10  Decem- 
ber, 1677  and  acknowledged  the  same  date  and  in  the 
inventory  of  George  Corwin,  Captain,  30  January,  1684, 
appears  "the  farme  nere  Redding  bought  of  Bumap,"  a 
grant  of  800  acres  appi-aised  by  Thomas  Flint  and  Joseph 
Pope,  £250.     (Essex  Probate  Records,  vol.  iii,  p.  198.) 

Robert  Bumap  of  Redding  and  Ann  my  wife,  consider- 
ation £30,  by  William  Eaton  of  same,  quit-claim  100  acres 
of  upland  in  Lynn  near  Wigwam  meddow,  18  January, 
1657;  acknowledged  13  November  1662.  (Essex  Deeds, 
vol.  ii,  p.  68.) 

Robert  Bumep,  Sr.,  of  Redding,  consideration  £12,  to 
Thomas  Clearke,  quit-claim  on  9  acres  of  meddow  in 
Linne,  bounded  north,  east  and  west  by  Major  Holioak, 
south  by  Robert  Burnup,  sr.,  24  August,  1663 ;  acknowl- 
edged by  Robert  and  Ann  Bumap,  12  Feb.,  1679.  ^ Essex 
Deeds,  vol.  v,  p.  63.) 

Robert  Burnepp  of  Reading,  husbandman,  considera- 
tion £115,  to  Robert  Bridges  of  Linn,  gentleman,  800  acres 
in  Linn  and  Reading  at  Beaver  Damme,  late  in  possession 
of  Robert  Bridges  and  since  sold  to  Robert  Bumepp, 
70  acres  in  Reading  and  the  house  wherein  Robert  Bur- 
napp  now  liveth  (unless  certain  payments  are  made  in 
which  case  this  deed  is  void),  17  Sept.,  1655.  Witnesses, 
Thomas  Marchall,  John  Cotton;  acknowledged,  22  May, 
1656.    X^ddx.  Land  Records,  vol.  1,  p.  145.) 

Samuel  Hutchinson  of  Redding,  consideration  £12,  to 
Robert  Bamap,  senr.,  land  at  east  end  of  my  lott,  20  Feb. 


270      THE  BURNAP-BURNETT  GENEALOGY 

1669-70.  Hannah  Hutchinson  also  signs.  Witnesses, 
Ealph  Dix,  William  Cowdrey;  acknowledged  13  May, 
1670.     (Ibid:— vol.  v.,  p.  8.)  ' 

In  the  Massachusetts  Archives,  vol.  38B,  p.  166,  is 
found:  "The  testimony  of  Robert  Burnap,  about  58  years, 
saith  the  outeside  of  the  drie  caske.  .  .  .  (one  word  illeg- 
ible) goodes  came  in  was  chakey  &  one  of  the  panes  on  it 
was  broken  and  a  hoole  into  it  abought  a  foot  longe  &  the 
goodes  that  lay  on  one  side  of  ye  caske  was  rotten  quit 
thorowe  the  Caske  as  if  charke  or  sum  other  thing  like 
charke  had  gotten  into  it  which  might  very  well  be  for  the 
Caske  was  verry  bad  further  this  deponent  saith  that  he 

did  help  unpacke  all  the  goodes.    Taken  upon  oath  in 

26th.  8th.  mo.  1653."  (Depositions  from  two  others,  also 
appraisal  list  impossible  to  read,  but  among  other  articles 
40  yards  of  cotton.    The  whole  valued  at  £19 :4:4.) 

In  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Eecords,  vol.  v.  p.  186,  we 
find:— "9  May  1678.  In  ans'  to  the  peticon  of  W"  Cou- 
drey,  Robert  Burnap,  Jonothan  Poole  &c.  in  behalfe  of 
the  inhabitants  of  Redding,  the  Court  judgeth  it  meet  to 
grant  the  peticioners  a  hearing  of  the  case  mentioned  in 
their  peticon,  at  the  next  sessions  of  this  Court  in  October 
next,  all  partjes  being  seasonably  warned  to  attend  their 
concemes  &  caution  being  given  to  the  secretary  for  the 
Courts  hearing  of  the  case." 

Ibid : — p.  432.  In  answer  to  petition  of  William  Haw- 
kins and  Hannah  his  wife  "the  Court  doe  appoint  the 
14th.  of  next  May  for  a  hearing  of  the  case  betwene  them 
and  Robert  Burnap  and  his  son  Thomas  of  Reddinge," 
etc.     (Concerning  some  land  in  Reading.) 

Ibid: — ^p.  445.  In  the  case  betweene  W"  Hawkins  & 
Anna  his  wife,  "complayning  ag*  Robert  Burnet  &  seueral 
others  as  in  their  peticon  on  file,  the  Court  hauing  duely 
considered  the  case,  &  euidences,  &  pleas  made  by  both 
partjes,  and  finding  it  very  diflScult  to  releive  the  complay- 
nant,  doe  judge  meet  &  doe  order,  that  Elisha  Hutchin- 
son, Esq.,  Mr.  John  Saffyn,  &  Mr.  James  Connuers  be  a 
comittee  to  repajre  to  Reading,  &  survey  &  measure  the 


BY  HENBY   WYCKOFF  BELKNAP  271 

place  &  the  lotts  where  it  is  supposed  the  land  sued  for 
cither  is  or  ought  to  be  lajd  out,  who  are  hereby  impowred 
to  call  before  them  witnesses,  &  examine  them  vpon  oath 
if  they  see  cause,  and  to  vse  their  vtmost  endeavo's  to  find 
out  what  may  tend  to  releive  the  complaynants,  and  make 
returne  thereof  to  the  next  session  of  this  Court,  that  so 
a  right  judgement  maybe  given  in  the  case, provided  the 
complaynants  be  at  the  charge  of  the  comittee." 

Ibid: — 15  Oct.  1684.  "Vpon  the  returne  of  the  com- 
ittee,  &  surveigh  obteyned  by  petition  of  W™  Hawkins 
and  Anna  his  wife,  concerning  certeine  lands  in  Reading, 
claymed  by  the  petitioners,  this  Court  hauing  had  a  full 
hearing  of  the  case,  the  euidences  on  all  sides  remayning 
on  file  in  the  records  of  this  Court,  doth  therefore  order 
and  determine,  as  a  fynal  issue  of  all  controuersy  in  or 
about  the  premisses  that  the  hundred  and  twenty  one  acres 
of  land  lying  betweene  the  southerly  side  or  bounds  of 
the  Newhalls  lotts  and  the  southerly  side  or  bounds  of 
old  M'  Eobert  Burnetts  alias  Burnaps,  land,  as  p  the 
plott  appears,  shall  w*"  all  convenient  speed,  be,  by  a 
swome  surveyo',  divided  and  lajd  out  into  three  aequall 
parts  and  proportions,  according  to  the  originall  grants 
of  the  toune  of  lynn,  as  other  lotts  lye  in  length  from  east 
to  west,  w"  all  its  appurtenances  and  that  the  bigger  part 
thereof  lying  next  the  land  of  the  said  Burnet,  Sen', 
towards  the  north,  is  vndoubtedly  and  shall  be  accounted 
the  land  and  be  in  plenary  possession  of  the  said  Will  jam 
Hawkins,  in  the  right  of  his  wife  Anna,  the  daughter  & 
heire  to  Edward  Bircham,  deceased,  and  that  each  party 
shall  beare  their  oane  charge  and  that  the  marshall  gen- 
erall  be  ordered  to  put  the  petitioner  into  possession  of  the 
premisses." 

Eetuming  for  the  moment  to  England,  it  will  be  of 
interest  to  quote  the  agreement  to  sell  his  home  property 
before  Robert  Burnap  set  sail  for  the  New  World.  This 
paper  is  translated  from  the  Latin  in  which  it  appears  in 
the  records: — "This  is  the  final  agreement  made  in  the 
Court  of  our  lord  the  King  at  Westminster  in  the  octave 
of  St.  Michael  in  the  ninth  year  of  the  reign  of  Charles 


272  THE   BURNAP-BUBNETT  GENEALOGY 

bj  the  grace  of  God  King  of  England  Scotland  France  and 
Ireland  Defender  of  the  Faith  etc.  from  the  Conquest. 
Before  Robert  Heath  Richard  Hutton  George  Vernon  and 
Francis  Crawley  Justices  and  other  faithful  people  of  the 
lord  the  King  then  and  there  being  present  BETWEEN" 
Robert  Bumappe  plaintiff  and  John  Morley  and  Martha 
his  wife  and  Thomas  Bumappe  deforciants  of  one  mes- 
suage one  orchard  and  one  garden  with  the  appurtenances 
in  Amwell.  Thereupon  a  plea  of  covenant  was  summoned 
between  them  in  the  same  Court  to  wit  that  the  aforesaid 
John  and  Martha  and  Thomas  acknowledged  the  afore- 
said tenements  to  be  the  right  of  the  said  Robert  as  those 
which  the  said  Robert  has  of  the  gift  of  the  aforesaid 
John  and  Martha  and  Thomas  and  the  same  remised  and 
quit  claimjed  from  the  said  John,  Martha  and  Thomas  and 
their  heirs  to  the  aforesaid  Robert  and  his  heires  for  ever 
And  further  the  same  John  and  Martha  and  Thomas 
granted  for  them  and  the  heirs  of  the  same  Martha  that 
they  will  warrant  to  the  aforesaid  Robert  and  his  heirs 
the  aforesaid  tenements  with  the  appurtenances  against 
all  men  for  ever.  And  by  this  acknowledgement  remise 
quit-claim  warrant  and  agreement  the  same  Robert  gave 
the  aforesaid  John  and  Martha  and  Thomas  sixty  pounds 
sterling.  Hertfordshire."  (Feet  of  Fines,  9  Charles  I, 
Mich.,  Herts.,  Bdl.  429.) 

"This  is  the  final  agreement  made  in  the  Court  of  our 
lord  the  King  at  Westminster  the  quinzaine  of  Easter  in 
the  fourteenth  year  of  the  reign  of  Charles  by  the  grace 
of  God  King  Defender  of  the  Faith,  etc.  from  the  Con- 
quest. Before  John  Finch,  Richard  Hutton,  George  Ver- 
non and  Francis  Crawley  Justices  and  other  faithful 
people  of  the  lord  the  King  then  and  there  being  present 
BETWEEIT  William  Allen  and  Joan  his  wife  plaintiffs 
and  Robert  Bumapp  and  Ann  his  wife  deforciants  of  one 
messuage  one  garden  and  one  orchard  with  the  appurten- 
ances in  Hodsden  and  Amwell  thereupon  a  plea  of  cove- 
nant was  summoned  between  them  in  the  same  Court  to 
wit  that  the  aforesaid  Robert  and  Ann  acknowledged  the 
aforesaid  tenements  with  the   appurtenances  to  be   the 


BY  HENRY  WYCKOPF   BELKNAP  273 

right  of  the  said  William  as  those  which  the  said  William 
and  Joan  had  of  the  gift  of  the  aforesaid  Robert  and  Ann 
and  the  same  remised  and  quit-claimed  from  Robert  and 
Ann  and  their  heirs  to  the  aforesaid  William  and  Joan 
and  the  heirs  of  the  same  William  the  aforesaid  tenements 
with  the  appurtenances  against  all  men  for  ever.  And 
lastly  the  same  Robert  and  Ann  grant  fo'r  him  and  the 
heirs  of  the  same  Ann  that  they  will  warrant  the  afore- 
said William  and  Joan  and  the  heirs  of  William  the  afore- 
said tenements  with  appurtenances  against  the  aforesaid 
Robert  and  Ann  and  the  heirs  of  the  same  Ann  for  ever. 
And  by  this  acknowledgement  remise  quit-claim  warrant 
fine  and  agreement  the  same  William  and  Joan  gave  tho 
aforesaid  Robert  and  Ann  sixty  potmds  sterling.  Hert- 
fordshire." (Feet  of  Fines,  Herts.,  14  Chas.  I,  Easter, 
Bdl.  431.) 

N^ote: — The  sixty  pounds  is  nominal  only.  Feet  of 
Fines  always  give  the  consideration  as  £60,  £120,  £600 
and  so  on  (multiples  of  60).  The  reason  is  not  now 
known,  but  it  is  thought  that  the  Court  Fees  were  based 
on  this  amount.  The  buyer  and  seller  kept  the  actual 
purchase  price  to  themselves.     (C.  A.  B.) 

Robert  Bumap  filled  the  office  of  Selectman  in  Reading 
from  1654-6,  1658-60,  1662-9,  1670-1.  He  died  27  Sep- 
tember, 1688,  a  very  old  man,  as  will  be  noted.  His  will, 
dated  15  November,  1688,  was  proved  1  October,  1689, 
and  provides  "to  son  Thomas  homestead  and  town  prive- 
leges  with  house  and  land  sd.  Thomas  lives  upon,  he  to 
pay  my  cousin  Thomas  Bamap  £6  yearly  for  life,  to 
whom  also  a  room  in  ye  chamber  and  a  bed  for  four  years." 
To  daughter  Ann  Jones,  £5;  to  daughter  Sarah  Brown, 
"ye  cupboard  in  ye  parlour";  to  son  Robert,  land  that 
his  house  is  on,  etc ;  to  cousin  Thomas  Bamap,  40  acres 
of  upland,  etc ;  to  grand-children,  Joseph  and  Thomas 
Bamap ;  Sarah  Southericke  and  Isaac  Southericke,  (South- 
wick)  ;  sons  Thomas  and  Robert,  executors ;  overseers, 
Capt.  John  Brown,  Capt.  Jeremiah  Swain.  Witnesses : — 
John  Brown,  Hannah  Parker,  Benjamin  Fitch. 


274      THE  BURNAP-BURNETT  GENEALOGY 

Inventory,    7    September,    1689,   £508:16:0.     (Mddx. 
Probate  Records,  vol.  vii,  p.  36.) 
Children : — 

37.  Anne,  "the  daughter  of  Eobert  Burnappe  of  Hodsden  end  & 

of  Anne,  bap,  30  Apl.  1626,  bur.  20  Mar.  1629-30." 

38.  Robert,  "the  sonne  of  Robert  Burnappe  of  Hodston  and  of 

Alice   (sic)   his  wife  bap.  at  Hodston  Chappell  28  Nov. 
1637,"  died  18  Oct.  1695.     (Reading  Vital  Records.) 

39.  ISAACK,  "the  Sonne  of  Robert  Burnap  of  Hodston  and  of 

Annis  his  wife  bap.  20  Mar.  1629-30,"  died  18  Sept.,  1667, 
at  Reading. 

40.  Anne,  "the  daughter  of  Robert  Burnappe  of  Hodsden  and 

of  Anne  his  wife  bap.  15  Apl.  1632;"  died  March,  1695 
(Savage). 

41.  A  daughter,  "a  mayden  childe  of  one  Robert  Burnapps  of 

Hodsdon    dinje    (sic)    before   baptizme   buried    18    Oct. 
1634." 

42.  Edwabd,  "the  sonne  of  Robert  Burnappe  of  Hodston,  chand- 

ler and  of  Annis  his  wife  bap.  at  Hodston  Chappell  12 
Feb.  1635-6." 

43.  Thomas,  died  after  1688. 

44.  Richabd,  died  before  1688. 

45.  An  infant,  buried  18  Nov.,  1642,  the  only  record  found  in 

Roxbury  Church  Records. 

46.  Sabah,  born  perhaps  about  1646,  died  after  1688. 

Note: — ^the  order  of  these  children  is  somewhat  uncertain. 
The  son  Thomas  was  probably  born  in  this  country,  also 
Richard.  Pope  gives  the  date  of  death  of  the  mother  Ann  as 
27  Apr.,  1681,  at  Reading;  it  is  so  given  in  the  Reading  Vital 
Records  also. 

17.  Thomas  Buenap  was  living  in  Stanstead  Abbots 
in  1667-8.  Though  not  named  in  his  father's  will  his 
existence  is  indicated  there  because  his  father  is  described 
as  Thomas  Burnap,  senior.  As  he  would  inherit  his 
father's  lands  it  was  probably  felt  that  sufficient  pro- 
vision had  already  been  made  for  him;  however  the  fact 
that  his  half-brother  Robert  had  to  have  his  executorship 
of  that  will  confirmed  by  decree  rather  points  to  Thomas, 
the  son,  not  having  been  of  that  opinion. 

In  1673-4,  his  brother  John,  in  his  will  dated  3  Feb., 
mentions  money  owing  to  him  by  his  brother  Thomas. 

Letters  of  administration  of  the  goods  of  Thomas  Bur- 
napp  of  Stanstead  Abbott,  Herts.,  widower,  were  granted 
11  April,  1688  to  his  son  Thomas  Bumapp  in  the  Pre- 
rogative Court  of  Canterbury.     The  grant  in  this  Court 


BY  HENRY    WYCKOFF   BELKNAP  276 

instead  of  in  Middlesex  indicates  that  the  deceased  had 
*'bona  notabilia"  viz: — at  the  time  of  his  death  goods  in 
any  other  diocese  besides  his  goods  in  the  diocese  where 
he  died,  amounting  in  value  to  £5  at  least.  This  fact  is 
important  in  further  search  as  it  is  very  likely  possible 
that  his  burial  will  be  found  outside  his  home  parish  of 
Stanstead  Abbots.  Nothing  has  been  learned  of  his  mar- 
riage or  his  wife's,  except  that  he  survived  her,  as  appears 
from  his  being  described  as  "widower"  in  the  above  grant 
of  letters  of  administration  and  of  his  children  we  know 
nothing  except  that  he  had  a  son. 

Child:— 
47.    Thomas,  died  about  1724-5. 

18.  John  Bubnap  was  living  at  Stanstead  Abbots  in 
1667-8  when  he  is  mentioned  in  his  father's  will.  His 
wife's  name  was  Elizabeth,  and  she  survived  his  death, 
dying  herself  in  1694. 

The  will  of  John  Bumap. 

The  last  will  of  John  Bumap  of  Stansted  Abbott, 
Herts.,  the  Elder.  Wife  to  be  sole  executrix.  Dated  3 
February,  1673/4.  To  my  wife  all  my  new  buildings  in 
the  Bauge  Yard,  viz.,  the  dwelling  house  with  seven  shops, 
a  great  stable,  etc.  To  my  son  Samuel  XlOO  when  his 
apprenticeship  expires.  ^60  to  my  daughter  Sarah  Bur- 
nap  at  her  marriage  or  a  year  after  my  death.  I  owe  Mr. 
George  Denison,  Sarah  Hawkins,  Mr.  HoU,  citizen  and 
barber-surgeon  of  London,  my  brother  Thomas  Burnap, 
Captain  Mason,  citizen  and  iron-monger  of  London.  Land 
in  Hatfield,  adjoining  land  of  Thomas  Burnap,  to  my  son 
John  Burnap.  Land  in  Dungfield  in  the  occupation  of 
Jacob  Burnap.  My  daughter  Elizabeth  Evans.  My 
daughter  Judith  Hunston.  Her  son  Edward  Hunston, 
the  Younger,  a  minor.  My  daughter  Ruth  Burnap.  My 
two  grand-children  Mary  Hunsdon  and  Mary  Evens  at 
seven  years  of  age. 

Witnesses  : — Robert  Furley  (mark). 
Stephen  Handin  (mark). 

Testator  confirms  his  will   on  27  May,  1674 ;  mentions 


276      THB  BUBNAP-BURNETT  GENEALOGY 

again  his  wife,  his ,  daughter   Ruth   Burnap,  son  Samuel 
and  three  daughters,  Elizabeth,  Judith  and  Sarah. 
Witnesses  to  this  confirmation  : — 

James  North, 
John  Fountaine, 
Thomas  Roberts. 
On  7  July,  1674,  the  above  will  was  proved  in  London 
(P.  C.  C.  84  Bunce),  by  the  executor  and  widow  Eliza- 
beth Burnap. 

The  probate  of  this  will  in  Canterbury  instead  of  Arch. 
Mddx.  Essex  &  Herts.,  indicating  as  it  does  that  the  de- 
ceased  had  "bona   notabilia"    (see   No.    17)   in  another 
diocese  besides  those    in   the  diocese   wherein   he   died, 
makes  it  very  tempting  to  identify  the   testator  with  his 
cousin  John  Burnap  of  Aston  (under  jurisdiction  of  Arch. 
Huntingdon,  Hitching  portion),  where  he  was  buried  the 
day  before  the  above  will  was  probated,  especially  as  John 
of  Aston  probably  inherited  lands   at   Stanstead  Abbots 
(under  jurisdiction   of  Arch.    Mddx.,   Essex    &    Herts), 
from  his  father,  the  Rev.  John  Burnap,  who  was  a  native 
of  Stanstead  Abbots.     However,  a   careful    examination 
of  the  evidence  will  show  that  he   is   not   identical  with 
John  of  Aston.     The  testator  above  has  daughters  Judith 
and  Sarah.     John   of  Stanstead  Abbots,  we  have   seen, 
had  sisters  Judith  and    Sarah.     The    testator   had    other 
children,  Samuel  and  Mary.     John   of  Stanstead  Abbots 
had  a  half-sister  Mary  and  a  half-brother  Samuel.  Further 
and  more  important,  the  testator's  son   John,  in  his  will 
dated  28  June,  1682,  refers  to  his  cousin  Joseph  Bray  of 
Stanstead.     John  of  Stanstead  Abbots   had  a  sister  Mrs. 
Sarah  Bray  of  Stanstead.     Add  to  this  the  fact  that  John 
of  Aston  had  a  child   Elizabeth   born   at    Aston,  but  no 
other  children  recorded  in  the  registers  there,  though  the 
testator  had  six  children  besides  his  daughter   Elizabeth, 
and  it  is  clear  that  the  testator  is  certainly  not   the  John 
who  was  buried  at  Aston  6  July,  1674. 

The  will  of  Elizabeth  Burnap,  widow  of  John  Burnap 
of  Stanstead  Abbots :  Elizabeth  Burnapp  of  Stanstead 
Abbotts,  Herts.,  widow,  dated  12  April,  1694,  proved  15 
June,  1694  (Arch.  Mddx.,  Essex  &  Herts.,  62  Sanney). 
My  daughter   Evens.     My   son   Evens.     Mary  Dirking 


BY  HENRY   WYCKOFF  BELKNAP  277 

daughter  of  my  daughter  Evens,  and  John  Evens,  brother 
of  said  Mary  Dirking.  My  daughter  Hunsdon.  Judith 
Hunsdon,  daughter  of  my  daughter  Hunsdon.  Rachel 
Hunsdon.  Elizabeth  Hunsdon.  My  grandson  Edward 
Hunsdon.  Sarah  Hunsdon.  My  cousin  Comyns.  My 
daughter  Mary.  My  daughter  Auger.  Her  daughters, 
EHzabeth  Aunger  and  Sarah  Aundger.  Judith  Aunger. 
My  son-ixi-law  Thomas  Aunger  to  be  executor.  My  daugh- 
ter Judith.     My  grandson  John  Burnapp. 

Testatrix  makes  her  mark,  which  is  witnessed  by  Re- 
becca Hide,  Lydia  Mott  (mark),  and  Daniel  Pringle. 

Children  : — 

48.  John,  died  before  Jnly,  1687. 

49.  Samuel,  not  mentioned  in  mother's  will,  1694. 

50.  Sabah,  she  or  sister  Rath  mentioned  in  mother's  will,  1694. 

51.  Elizabeth,  mentioned  in  her  mother's  will,  1694. 

52.  Judith,  mentioned  in  mother's  will,  1694. 

53.  Ruth,  unmarried  in  1673-4.     (See  No.  50.) 

54.  Mabt,  not  mentioned  in  her  father's  will,  though  in  that  of 

her  mother  in  1694,  and  may  have  been  born  after  his  death. 

19.  Judith  Burnap  was  living  in  1667/8,  as  she  re- 
ceived a  legacy  in  her  father's  will;  and  she  was  at  that 
time  married  to  Richard  Skingle,  "clerk"  or  parson  of 
Sawbridgeworth. 

20.  Sarah  Burnap  was  Hving  in  Stanstead  in  1667/8, 
when  she  was  the  widow  of  Richard  Bray,  and  was  evi- 
dently the  mother  of  "my  cousin  Joseph  Bray  of  Stan- 
stead"  mentioned  in  the  will  of  John  Burnapp  of  Stan- 
stead  Abbots,  dated  28  June,  1682,  the  son  of  her  brother 
John. 

In  her  will,  16  September,  1698,  of  Stanstead  Abbotts 
(Arch.  Mddx.,  Essex  &  Herts.,  206  Sanney),  she  leaves 
a  gold  ring  to  Thomas  Burnapp,  senior,  evidently  her 
nephew,  son  of  her  brother  Thomas,  who  died  in  1688, 
and  appoints  him  her  executor.  He  proved  the  will  6 
October,  1703. 

Child :— Bray. 

Joseph,  living,  1682. 


278  THE  BUBNAP-BURNETT  GENEALOGY 

21.  Robert  Burnap,  born  about  May,  1634,  was 
living  in  Stanstead,  a  yeoman,  in  1657/8,  having  come  of 
age  in  May,  1655.  He  proved  his  father's  will,  dated 
1667/8,  by  decree,  29  April,  1668,  in  which  he  is  de- 
scribed as  of  Stanstead. 

22.  Samuel  Burnap  of  Much  Haddam,  gentleman, 
in  1657/8,  of  Little  Laver,  clerk  in  1667/8,  was  admitted 
sizar  at  Queen's  College,  Cambridge,  at  Easter,  1653,  and 
took  his  decree  of  B.  A.  in  1656/7,  and  M.  A.,  1660. 

23.  Mary  Burnap,  who  was  a  minor  in  1657/8,  was 
named  in  her  father's  will  in  1667/8  as  of  Stanstead,  and 
may  have  been  the  Maria  who  married,  3  June,  1683, 
Henry  Ritts,  as  appears  in  the  Bennington  Parish  Reg- 
ister. 

25.  John  Burnap  of  Aston  was  born  after  1617.  He 
proved  his  father's  will  in  the  Prerogative  Court  of  Can- 
terbury (the  only  Court  of  Probate  during  the  Common- 
wealth), 10  March,  1653/4,  and  was  a  witness  to  the  will 
of  John  Humberstone  of  Aston  13  August,  22  Charles  I. 
John  Burnapp,  gent.,  appraised  the  inventory  of  goods 
of  the  above  testator  19  August,  1670.  (Filed  Wills, 
Arch.  Huntingdon,  Hitchin  Registry.) 

He  is  not  to  be  confused  with  John  of  Stanstead  Ab- 
bots, his  cousin,  whose  will  was  proved  the  day  after  this 
John  was  buried.     (See  No.  18.) 

He  married,  in  Ardeley,  Herts.,  near  Aston,  27  March, 
1673,  Anne  Cater  ol  Ardeley.  So  far  no  further  trace 
of  him  has  been  found  nor  any  descendants,  if  he  had 
any.  Probably  his  widow  sold  his  property  in  Aston  and 
returned  to  her  home  district  of  Ardeley. 

27.  Thomas  Burnap,  who  was  baptized  30  June, 
1630,  at  Aston,  is  mentioned  in  his  father's  will  as  in  New 
England  in  1653.  In  1658  he  appointed  his  well-beloved 
friend  Thomas  Hale  of  Salem  his  attorney  on  17  July, 
in  an  action  against  Zacheus  Goold,  who  dwelt  "neere 
Topsfield,"  the  paper  being  witnessed  by  Joshua  Tourland 
and  Hilliard  Veren.  It  was  for  a  debt  of  £7  due  to 
Burnap.  (Ipswich  Court  Records,  vol.  ii,  p.  126.)  His 
autograph  appears  in  these  records,  and  the  same  suit  is 
found  in  Salem  Court  Records,  vol.  iv,  p.  101.) 

John  Pearson,  aged  about  19  years,  and  Mary  Burnop, 


BY  HENRY  WYCKOFF   BELKNAP  27  ^ 

aged  about  26  years,  deposed  that  "Goodwif  BurtComiug 
into  the  Roome  whear  Sarah  Pearson  was  asked  her  how 
shee  did  shee  said  the  worse  for  her  the  said  Burt  seat 
down  and  laughed  at  ye  said  Sarah  shee  coming  towards 
her  said  doust  thou  laugh  and  knoweth  thou  heast  don 
me  a  mieschefe.  I  could  find  in  my  heart  to  baste  thy 
sids  the  said  Burt  said  doe  if  thou  durst  and  I  will  pay 
thy  side."  Also  that  Sarah  "should  spake  as  much 
against  her  frinds  as  evre  shee  did  against  her." 

Maddelene  Pearson,  aged  about  50  years,  deposed  that 
she  heard  Sarah  Pearson  say  when  her  father  had  her 
down  to  Good  wife  Burt's  to  be  cured  of  her  sore  that  the 
first  night  she  was  there  said  Burt  put  her  to  bed,  etc. 
Burt  said  "Sarah  will  you  smokit  and  glueing  of  her  the 
pipe  she  smoket  it,"  and  Sarah  fell  into  the  fits  again  and 
said  Goodwife  Burt  brought  the  devil  to  her  to  torment 
her.  (Salem  Quarterly  Court  Records,  Nov.,  1669.)  This 
was  one  of  the  witchcraft,  cases. 

Thomas  Burnap  was  married  3  December,  1663,  as 
Thomas  Bumitt,  according  to  the  Lynn  Vital  Records 
(Burnap,  in  Middlesex  Records),  to  Mary  Peerson  (Pear- 
son), born  20  June,  1643  (Clerk  of  Courts'  Records,  Mid- 
dlesex, Mass.),  daughter  of  John  and  Maudlin  (Ballard 
or  Bullard)  Pearson,  senior,  of  Lynn.  In  John  Pearson's 
will  is  found :  "I  giue  unto  My  Daughter  Marey  Burnap 
and  II to II  her  Cheldren  Thirty  Ackers  of  upland  Leying 
Betwen  the  Landes  of  Jonathan  Poole  and  Robarte  Bur- 
nap be  it  More  or  Less  further  More  I  giue  Unto  My 
Daughter  Marey  Burnap  A  parssell  of  Land  forty  Ackers 
orther  abouts  Leying  near  to  the  Land  of  Maj.  John 
Hawks  or  Adjoyning  to  it  and  to  her  Cheldren  further 
More  I  giue  Unto  My  Daughter  Marey  Burnap  and  to  her 
Cheldren  Tenn  Ackers  of  Meddow  tow  Ackers  of  it  Ley- 
inge  in  the  wigwam  Meddow  and  eight  Ackers  leying  in 
the  great  Meddow.  My  will  is  that  My  Daughter  Marey 
Burnap  that  the  Lands  and  Meddow  that  I  haue  giuen  to 
her  and  her  Cheldren  shale  bee  made  up  one  hundred 
pound."  (Essex  Probate  Records,  vol.  ii,  p.  426.)  Dated 
19  April,  1679,  proved  25  June,  1679.  Inventory  14 
May,  1679. 

In  the  will   of  Robert  Burnap  of  Reading,  Thomas    is 


280      THE  BURNAP-BURNETT  GENEALOGY 

mentioned  as  his  "cousin"  (i.  e.  nephew),  15  Nov.,  1688. 

Mary,  the  wife,  died  15  Jan.,  1690/1,  at  Reading,  and 
Thomas  followed  her  26  March,  1691. 

The  Inventory  of  Thomas  Barnap  of  Redding,  lately 
Deed.,  aged  about  60  years,  who  died  intestate,  <£ 27:7:0, 
20  May,  1691,  taken  by  Joseph  Barnap,  John  Pearson. 

Administration  to  Robert  and  Thomas  Barnap,16  June, 
1691,  Charlestown.  (Mddx.  Probate  Records,  vol.  vii, 
pp.  237/8,  316.) 

Agreement  of  the  children  7  April,  1691.  I  Thomas 
Barnap,  eldest  and  only  surviving  son  ;  my  two  sisters 
which  are  of  age,  namely  Mary  and  Sarah  Barnap,  my 
three  sisters  Anna,  Bethiah  and  Hester,  our  loving  ffriends 
to  be  guardians,  Major  Jeremiah  Sweyne  for  Hester,  and 
John  Bacheller  for  Anna,  and  our  uncle  John  Pearson  for 
Bethia. 

Witnesses : — John  Bacheller,  Tho :  Barnap, 

John  Pearson,  Mary  (A)  Barnap, 

Sarah  (d)  Barnap. 

Genealogical  Bulletin,  vol.  i,  p.  156. 
Children  : — 

55.  Thomas,  born  17  Jan.,  1664/5;  died  24  Aug.,  It26,   62nd  year. 

56.  Ebenezer,  born  5  Sept.,  1666 ;  died  2  Dec,  1690. 

57.  Mary,  born  27  Mar.,  1667/8  (7  Mar.  in  Clerk  of  Courts'  Rec- 

ords); died  11  July,  17 — . 

58.  Bethiah,  born  23  Mar.,   1669/70;  died  4  Nov.,  1673  (Clerk  of 

Courts'  Records). 

59.  Sabah,  born  4  April,  1672;  died  before  1726. 

60.  Annah,  born  29  Aug.,  1674  (26  Aug.,  Clerk  of  Courts'  Records). 

61.  Bethiah,  born  9  June,  1677;  perhaps  she   died,  Feb.,  1784,  at 

Natick,  Drury  Death  Book  (New  England  Historical  &  Gen- 
ealogical Register,  vol.  lxv,  p.  360). 

62.  Esther,  born  7  Feb.,  1680/1;  died  after  1727. 

28.  Thomas  Burnap,  mentioned  in  his  mother's  will 
in  1663,  also  in  that  of  Elizabeth,  widow  of  his  brother 
John,  and  in  those  of  his  brothers  Jacob  in  1684  and 
Isaac  in  1703.  Nothing  further  has  been  found  about 
him. 

(^To  be  continued^ 


BURBANK— PICKERING  MEMORANDUM    BOOK. 


From  the  Original  in  the  Possession   of  the 
Essex  Institute. 


Timtfthy  Burbank  or  Broadbank  was  apparently  the 
first  owner  of  this  memorandum  book,  which  is  a  small 
leather-bound  volume  with  brass  clasps,  containing  110 
leaves,  with  a  watermark  of  fleur-de-lis  and  crown.  He 
used  it  for  notes  on  sermons  and  lectures  delivered  in 
Salem  by  "Mr.  Noyes,  Mr.  Higginson  and  Mr.  Pason," 
the  first  sixty-five  pages  being  in  Burbank's  handwriting. 
The  remainder  of  the  book  was  kept  by  Captain  William 
Pickering  of  Salem,  and  later  by  his  daughter  Hannah, 
wife  of  Adoniram  Collins,  of  Marblehead. 

Captain  William  Pickering,  son  of  Lieutenant  John 
and  Alice  (Flint)  Pickering,  was  bom  in  Salem,  January 
11,  1670-71,  in  the  ancestral  home  on  Broad  street.  He 
followed  the  sea  for  many  years,  both  in  a  public  and 
private  capacity,  making  voyages  to  foreign  and  domestic 
ports,  and  was  in  many  respects  the  most  distinguished 
member  of  the  family  in  his  generation.  As  commander 
of  the  Province  Cralley^  he  was  sent  to  protect  the  fishing 
vessels  on  the  eastern  coast  from  attacks  by  the  French 
and  Indians.  He  served  as  selectman  of  Salem,  1714-19, 
and  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  East  Church.  He 
married,  June  19,  1695,  Hannah  Brown,  daughter  of 
James  and  Hannah  (Bartholomew)  Brown,  born  March 
9,  1672,  of  another  prominent  Salem  family.  Her  father, 
who  was  a  merchant  of  note  in  Salem,  was  murdered  by 
a  negro  in  Maryland,  November  12,  1675,  and  her  mother 
married  Doctor  John  Swinerton,  by  which  marriage  three 
more  children  were  added  to  the  family  of  six  left  by  her 
previous  marriage.  On  April  29,  1706,  Hannah  Swiner- 
ton conveyed  her  house,  which  was  situated  at  the 
corner  of  Essex  and  Union  streets,  to  her  son-in-law 
Captain  William  Pickering,  in    consideration   of  his  pro- 

(281) 


282        BURBANK-PICKERING  MEMORANDUM   BOOK 

viding  for  her  during  the  remainder  of  her  life.  ^  Mrs. 
Pickering  was  living  in  1735.  Captain  Pickering's  house 
was  situated  on  Broad  street,  and  was  standing  until 
September  16,  1865,  when  it  was  destroyed  by  fire.^ 

About  1720  he  engaged  in  commercial  pursuits  and 
made  many  voyages  to  Canso,  Nova  Scotia,  where  he  had 
planned  to  found  a  settlement  in  the  interest  of  the  fishing 
industry.  Three  years  later  he  started  on  a  return  trip  to 
New  England  and  was  never  heard  from,  it  being  the 
common  belief  that  his  vessel  was  attacked  by  the  French 
or  Indians  and  the  master  killed  or  taken    into    captivity. 

Adoniram  Collins,  who  married  Hannah,  daughter  of 
Captain  William  Pickering,  was  son  of  Adoniram  and 
Mary  (Ward)  Collins,  and  was  born  in  Salem,  June  15, 
1706,  probably  in  a  house  on  Hardy  street,  where  his 
father  was  licensed  to  keep  a  public  house  in  1719.^  He 
learned  the  cooper's  trade,  but  later  followed  the  sea.  His 
wife  inherited  half  of  the  James  Browne  house,  which 
they  conveyed,  September  1,  1742,  to  Abraham  Watson, 
and  then  probably  removed  to  Marblehead. 


Tim :  Broadbank  1691  is  A  member  of  y*  Church  Ex 
dono. 

Timothy  Burbank*  his  Book  November  y«  11  1693  for 
Sermons. 

[Here  follow  65  pages  of  notes  of  various  sermons  and 
lectures  delivered  by  Mr.  Noyes,  Mr.  Higginson  and  Mr. 
Pason.] 

Charles  Pynn*^  is  D'^  May  y*  31*^  1709,  to  y'  passage 
from  Newlaud^  to  New  England,  X2  ;  June  y^  4*^  to  a 
hatt,  6s, ;  to  a  primar,  6d. ;  to  mending  shoes,  3d.;   18,  to 


'Essex  Antiquarian,  vol.  X,  pp.  162,  166. 

^See  Essex  Antiquarian,  vol.  V,  p.  34,  for  a  picture  of  this  house 
from  a  drawing  made  by  John  Robinson. 

^Essex  Antiquarian,  vol.  X,  p.  69. 

^Perhaps  Timothy  Burbank,  son  of  John  and  Susannah  (Merrill) 
Burbank,  who  was  born  in  Haverhill,  May  30,  1668.  In  1681,  ac- 
cording to  the  will  of  his  grandfather,  John  Burbank,  Timothy  was 
living  with  Captain  Saltonstall.  This  family  removed  to  Suffield, 
Conn. 

'Probably  a  school  boy  brought  to  New  England  to  be  educated. 

^Newland,  Virginia. 


BUBBANK-PICKEBING  MEMOEANDUM  BOOK  283 

a  par  of  shoes,  4s.  6d. ;  19,  tx)  tape,  2d. ;  July  18,  to 
scoling,  Is.  6d.  ;  to  tape,  3d.;  August  10,  to  silk,  2d.,  to 
buckels,  Is. ;  19,  to  shoes,  lOs. ;  to  a  hat,  6d. ;  27,  to  a 
par  of  shus,  4s.  6d. ;  to  too  pare  of  stockens,  6s. ;  to  fris 
silk  and  butens.  Is.  6d. ;  March,  1710,  to  scoling,  6s.  9d. ; 
to  silk,  3d. ;  to  wood,  2s. ;  to  f  reize,  5d. ;  Aprel  18,  to  silk 
and  butens,  6d.;  Contra,  by  21  Jars  of  oyle  at  7s.  (p,  £1 : 
1 ;  0  ;  3y  2  Qtls  Refuse  fish,  14s; ;  by  a  gun,  11.  88. 

Reckned  with  Mr.  Gicear  21  Day  of  June.  Credit, 
117-6-6.  Rekned  with  Mr  Gicear  and  there  is  due  to 
me  20-4- 2d.7 

Staford  Webber  is  D""  May  31*^  1709  to  passage  from 
newland  to  new-england  j62  ;  to  a  primar,  6d. ;  20,  to 
butens,  7d. ;  July  18,  to  [sjcoling.  Is.  3d. ;  August  10, 
to  2  silk  neckcloths,  5s.  8d. ;  to  freise  ,  9d. ;  to  saf  and 
ointment,  9d. ;  to  wine,  8d. ;  to  onyons.  Is. ;  to  gartars; 
3d. ;  October  20,  to  a  hatt,  6s. ;  to  a  pare  of  shus,  48.  4d., 
November  6,  to  butens  and  a  lase,  9d. ;  to  a  hatt,  5s.  6d. ; 
too  a  pare  stockens,  6s.;  to  butens,  7d. ;  frise,  5d. ;  March, 
1710,  to  a  pare  of  breeches,  7s. ;  to  scoling,  6s.  3d. ;  to 
wood,  2s.;  to  freise,  5d.  Per  Conti*a,  Cred.  By  a  moyder 
gold,'»  21i. 

My  sister  Mercy  Swinertons*  bord  with  me  from  Aprel 
1708  to  november  1727  at  12i'  per  year,  258-0-0  ;  to  six 
months  nursing  and  attendance  in  her  last  sickness  at  12 
per  week,  14 :  8  :  0  ;  total,  £272  :  8  :  0. 

rum  sold  1727  one  hogset  85  gallons,  one  cask  80  gal- 
lons, one  hogset  a  hundred  gallons,  <£4  :  18  :  0. 

Sarah  Laska  was  married  the  13,  1760  Day  of  Octo- 
bar.^ 

Susannah  Gooden  Came  Aprill.  Mary  Stiles  Came 
April  16  Day  and  went  home  May  the  20  which  Is  6 
weeks.io  Aprill  the  first  Day  betty  Melcome  Came  to 
Scoole. 


''This  paragraph  is  in  a  different  handwriting. 

'^Portuguese  coin  of  the  value  of  about  $6.50. 

*Mercy,  daughter  of  Dr.  John  and  Hannah  Swinerton,  was  born 
Dec.  24,  1681. 

*She  was  married  to  George  Clarke  by  the  Rector  of  St.  Michael's 
Church, 

'"Hannah  Collins  probably  kept  a  school  in  Marblehead,  1759- 
1763,  there  being  recorded  here  the  names  of  about  130  children 
who  attended. 


284        BURBANK-PICKERINQ   MEMORANDUM   BOOK 

March  the  30  Day  Hannah  Melcome  Came,  Pen  Wills 
and  Mary  Lee.  Aprill  the  6  day  Mary  Stiles  Came  and 
Nancy  Dickey  and  William  Cole  Came  the  6  Day  of 
Aprill  1761. 

Salley  Graves  and  Mary  Luess  Came  May  the  11, 1761. 
May  the  18  Day  Sarah  Lansey  Came.  May  the  25, 1761, 
Nancy  Mar  Came  and  betty  Ponnill  Came  May  the  25. 

Marium,  Elner  and  Betty  barbar  Came  Apprill  20. 
Aprill  the  6  John  and  Nathan  White  and  Sarah  Martin 
Came.  Aprill  13  Day  Susanna  and  Anna  Holddar  and 
Sarah  Jonson  and  Mary  Casell.  Molly  and  Hannah  Good- 
win Came  Aprill  the  13  Day  1761.  Sarah  Broadden  and 
Sarah  Woldrig  and  Uenice  Benson,  Sarah  Martin  Came, 
and  all  in  one  day  Aprill  the  27.  betty  Chitman,  Sarah 
Smith,  betty  and  patty  proctar  and  hannah  Goodin  tomas 
Martins  Sally  Came  Aprill  12  Day. 

Sarah  Wickery,  nancy  Gray  and  Sarah  tukesbary  Came 
May  the  4.     Beniamin  Wells  Came  August  8  day. 

Mary  Collins  Went  to  Mr  Whitirels^i  to  Live  Octobar 
23  Day  1762.     Came  home,  went  again  febuary  10. 

Molly  went  to  Mr.  Whitwels  September  1767. 

Pickeringi2  saild  with  Captn  Green  May  the  31  1772, 
the  Champion,  for  12  Dollars  per  month. 

Pickering  shipt  on  Board  the  Scoonnar  Nancey  Capn 
Bacheldar  Commandar  the  13  Day  of  May. 

1769.  Pickering  Shipt  with  Capf"  John  Burnam  the 
26  Day  of  August  saild  the  19  Day  of  September 

1770.  Pickering  shipt  with  Captn  Woimstill  Aprill. 
Pickering  sailed  the  22  Day  of  September. 

Ruth  Readden  1  Son,^^  R^th  CoUyar  1  Daughter,  Chal 
Luis  1  Daughter,  Louvis  1  Son,  Joseph  Sari  1  Daughter, 
tom  MuUy  1  Son,  Sarah  Candig  1  Son,  Charles  flury  1 
Daughter,  Grace  Meadar  1  Daughter,  Sarah  bacon  2 
children,  Molly  Laskin  1  Son,  Mary  Brokit  1  Daughter, 
fiUis  Muckford  1  Gairll,  frothingham  1  Son,  to  Cablecy 
hastins  1  child,  Wimon  1,  Webbar  1,  burrell  1,  Sarah 
Wils  1  Son,  Captn  Russels  1  Daughter,  Hannah  Curtis  1 

"Rev.  William  Whitwell,  pastor  of  the  First  Oharch,  Marblehead. 

'^Pickering  Collins. 

"List  of  327  children  born  in  Marblehead,  1769-1773. 


BURBANK-PICKERING   MEM0RANDT7M  BOOK         285 

Daughter,  Ms  Whitwell  1  Daughter,  Ms  Caswell  1  son. 
hannah  Hooppar  1  Son,  Sarah  Kenell  1  Son,  Livve  Allen 
1  Son,  Sarah  Mathes  1  Son,  Ms.  Glover  1  Son,  Mol  Luis 
1  Daughter,  Louis  Pitman  1  Daughter,  Dinah  hines  1 
Daughter,  Marium  Davis  1  son,  Hannah  Crow  1  Son, 
Sarah  Henly  1  Son,  Susannah  Garnar.  1  Son,  Elizabeth 
Kwin  1  Son,  Phillips  1  Daughter,  Sarah  Brimbilcom  1 
Son,  Joseph  Sarll  1  Son. 

Peter  Loues  one,  Woldreg  1  son  Janavary  30*^  1769, 
Moll  Marton  one  Daughtar,  Dinah  1  Daughtar,  Rebeckah 
Roos  1  Daughtar,  Mis  Urapris  1  Daughter,  Ms.  Clark  1 
son,  Nab  Card  1  son  Aprill  28,  1769,  Ruth  Colyar  or 
Roundy  1  son  July  8,  1769. 

Mary  Clone  1  son  1769,  Elizabeth  Mason  1  son.  Mis 
Bowdin  1  Daughter  July  4,  1769,  Sarah  Righthead 
1  Daughter  July  1,  1769,  Moll  Nuill  1  Daughtor, 
Ms  Pen  1  Daughtar,  Ms  Meadar  1  Daughtar,  Ms  Down 
1  Daughtar,  Ms  flichar  1  son,  Grace  Wheallar  1  Daugh- 
tar, Ms  Dood  1  Daughtar,  Ms  Bakar  1  son,  betty  Mary 
1  Daughtar,  Ms  Gouin  1  Daughtar,  Ms  Stapels  1  son 
Daughtor,  Moley  Brimbilcum  1,  Ms  holdrim  1  son,  Ms 
Carnally  1  son,  Ms  Stasey  1  Daughtar  Octobar  14  day, 
Mrs  Grow  1  son,  Ms  Casey  1  Daughtar,  Ms  Davis  1  son, 
Ms  Gusset  1  son,  Gillis  1  son,  Hannah  Peltrow  1 
Daughter. 

Janauary  1770.  Joseph  Dolliver  1  Son,  Ms  flory  1 
son,  Ms  Eatton  1  Daughtar,  Ms  Perce  1  son,  Ruth  Lee  1 
Daughter,  Ms  Maly  1  son,  Ms  Gooldsmith  1  Daughtar, 
Sarah  Crow  1  Daughtar,  Ms  Ann  Brown  1  son  May  5*** 
1770,  Loois  1  Daughtar,  Betty  Groves  1  son. 

thorn  mas  Colyar  1  Daughtar,  Steven  Chatman  1  son 
June  19,  Live  Allin  twins  June  15  sons,  Hannah  Peltrow 
1  Daughtar,  betty  Graly  1  Daughtar,  Dinah  1  Daughtar, 
Mary  Phillips  1  son  Octobar  3  Day,  Ms  Sandy  1  Son,  Ms 
Engals  1  Son,  Ms  Saintbarb  1  son  Novembar  1770,  Ms 
Goodin  1  Daughtar,  Jonson  1  son,  Ms  Devrix  1  Daugh- 
tar, Ms  Hortton  1  Son  Novembar,  Ms  Phillips  1  Daugh- 
tar, Ms  Bains  1  Daughtar,  Cloe  Robe  1  Daughtar,  Pegg 
Cook  1  Son  March  4,  1770. 

Ms  Saris  1  son  febuary,  Ms  Gachell  1  son  March  13, 
Ms  talar  1  son  March,   Ms  Peddrick  2  Daughtars  March 


286        BUJRBANK-PICKERING  MEMORANDUM  BOOK 

29,  Dinah  hinds  1  Daughtar,  Ms  holddrum  1  son  Aprill 
1771,  Ms  Bowden  1  son  June  1771,  Ms  Whitwells  1  son, 
Ms  Righthead  1  son  July  4  day,  Ms  Dood  1  son  Septem- 
bar,  1771,  Sarah  bannistar  1  Daughtar  Septerabar,  Ms 
Downe  1  son  Septembar,  Octobar  Ms  Mugford  1  son  3 
day,  Octobar  1771  Ms  Collyar  1  Daughtar,  Ms  Allin  1 
Daughtar  Septembar,  Ms  WoUdrig  1  Son,  Ms  Munggrill 
1  Daughtar. 

Octobar  the  4  Day  1771  Ms  Elisabeth  Stacy  1  son, 
Janawary  12  Day  1772  Ms  Meaddar  1  Daughtar,  Clowe 
Roby  1  Daughtar,  Ms  hannah  Pery  1  son,  Ms.  Sarah 
Stacy  1  son,  Ms  hartshorne  1  son,  Huldia  Scoot  1  Daugh- 
tar, Hannah  Peltrow  1  Daughtar,  Ms  Wilson  1  Daughtar, 
March  1772  Ms  Dollivar  1  Daughtar,  Sarah  Favour  1 
son,  Ms  Pedrick  1  Daughtar,  Grac  Wilson  1  Daughtar, 
Sary  Reeves  1  son  1772,  Mary  Bishop  1  Daughtar,  May 
1772  Israeli  Eatton  1  son.  May  the  18  day,  11  Clock 
night,  Dinah  Hines  1  Daughtar, 

June  the  11,  1772,  Elisabeth  Peltrow  1  Daughtar,  June 
Abigill  Snellin  1  Daughtar,  June  Sarah  Lisbrill  one 
Daughtar,  Elisabeth  Mason  one  Son,  Liddia  Callym  1 
Daughtar,  July  1772  Sarah  Lecraw  1  Son,  Mary  Pope 
1  Daughtar  July,  August  1772  Rebec kah  Home  1  Son, 
Sarah  Bowden  1  Son,  Margret  Chatman  1  Son,  Sarah 
Pen  1  Son,  Elizebeth  Goldsmith  1  Daughtar,  betty  Morse 
1  Son,  Elisabeth  Owin  1  Daughtar. 

Martha  Hichins  Septembar  1  Son,  Jane  Hichins  1  Son, 
Hitty  Stapels  1  Son,  Sarah  Oby  1  son  August,  Ms  Prib- 
ble  1  Daughtar,  Mary  Cash  1  Daughtar,  hannah  tishshow 
1  Daughtar,  Sam  Parsons  1  Son,  Octobar  Sarah  Linch  1 
Son,  Mis  Wodden  1  Son  Octobar,  Pacival  Salmon  1 
Daughtar,  Ms  Pribble  1  Daughtar,  Jane  Seetlan  1  Daugh- 
tar, Ruamah  Sarig  1  Son,  Charity  Brimbelcom  1  Son, 
1772  Octobar  Elisabeth  Davis  1  Son. 

Margret  Jones  1  Daughtar,  Sarah  Scores  1  Son,  Ms 
tomson  1  son,  Ms  Honnywell  1  Son,  Ms  Davis  1  Son,  Ms 
Wilson  1  Daughtar,  Ms  tuttle  1  Daughtar,  Ms  Seegar  1 
Daughtar,  Sarah  Linch  1  Son,  Martha  hichins  1  Son,  Ms 
Sallmon  1  Son,  Martha  Bowin  1  Son,  Mary  Fevre  1  Son, 
Susannah  Mellsaw  1  Son,   Rebeckah  Gillbard  1  Son,  Ms 


BURBANK-PICKEEING  MEMORANDUM  BOOK         287 

Brook  1  Son,    Ms  Sarah   treevie  1  Son,   Ms  Man  1  Son, 
Ms  Briggo  1  Son,  Sarah  Curtis  1  Son. 

1773,  Ms  Curtis  1  Son,  fiUis  Bachildar  1  Son,  Sarah 
Jones  1  Daughter,  Lisabeth  Silverdore  1  Son,  Ms  Mary 
Dennis  1  Son,  Ms  Lovieis  1  Son,  Jane  wary  27,  1773,  Ms 
Bacheldar  1  Son,  Ms  Phillips  2  Sons,  Ms  Dixey  1  Son, 
Susanna  Melsaw  1  Son,  Janawary  31  Day  Ms  Whitwell  1 
Son  on  a  Lords  Day  night  and  Died  that  night  Week. 
Janavary  1773  Sary  Sims  1  Son,  febuary  Ms  Delap  1 
Son,  March  Ms  Martin  1  Son,  2  hundred  90  Children. 

Ms  Boodin  1  Daughtar,  Ms  Hunnywell  1  Daughtar, 
Ms  Dayvis  1  Daughtar,  Ms  Shadok  1  Daughtar,  Saray 
Molly  1  Daughtar, Mrs  Sandy  1  Son,  Ms  Dorrill  1  Daugh- 
tar, Ms  Smith  1  Daughtar,  Ms  Boils  1  Daughtar,  Ms 
Addams  1  Son,  Sam  Brimbleeom  1  Son,  Ms  Burk  1  Son. 

1773  Adoniram  Collins  was  Borne  June  the  18  Day  on 
a  friday  at  2  oCIock,  Ms  Martins  Child  was  Borne  1  Son, 
Ms  Chambars  1  Son,  Mrs  Sears  2  Sons,  Ms  White  1  Son, 
Ms  Bakar  1  Son,  1773  Ms  Mary  Dood  1  Son  on  a  Sattar- 
day  Novembar  27,  Sarah  Dod  1  Daughtar,  Sarah  trevie  1 
Daughtar,  Ms  Susannah  Dood  1  Son,  Ms  betty  Dixey  1 
Son,  Ms  Johns  1  Son,  Abigill  Cross  1  Son,  1773,  Ms 
Martain  Showman  1  Son,  Ms  Nikcols  1  Daughtar,  Ms 
Mary  Allin  1  Daughtar,  Pat  Martin  1  Son,  Ms  Debborah 
Wellch  1  Son,  Joseph  Sarles  1  Son,  Ms  Maston  1  Daugh- 
ter, Ms  Muckford  1  Son. 

Octobar  1772  Pickering  Collins  was  Married  to  Char- 
ity Morgain  the    13  Day  of  Octobar  on  a  tuseday. 

Pickering  Shipt  with  Burnam  Munday  30  Day  of  Jan- 
avary. 

May  the  29  1770     M'  Allwords  Came  to  Board. 

M'  James  Spence  Came  to  board  July  the  6  Day. 

My  son  saild  with  Captn  Green  Aprill  the  30  Day. 

thommas  Boiles  was  Maried  to  Mary  Babbige  July  the 
5  Day  1771. 

March  the  28*^  1695  Jn"  Hobs  being  prestt  on  Bord 
the  teger  prise  in  y®  Cape  of  Virginia  from  on  borde  y* 
Exchang  W™  Pickering  Masttor — an  account  of  his  Close 
being  leftt  abord  to  1  bead  &  pillow  &  1  Hug  &  1  Red 
blankett  to  2  greatte  Coatts  to  4  paire  of  braces  &  3  pare 
of  Breches   &  1  Sash  &  1  weascoatt   &    1   pare  wostted 


288         BURBANK-PICKERING   MEMORANDUM  BOOK 

sttockens  &  one  Broade  Cloth  Coatte  &  1  streped  Sarge 
Jackett  &  1  Streaped  paire  of  Breches  &  1  holend  Shurt 
&  1  flanell  one  &  1  whitte  hancacher  &  1  fringed  muslin 
neckcloth  &  2  greatt  ttoutth  &  1  Small  touth  Comb. 

thomas  Larcum  maruillhead  by  Robert  gooden  00- 
19-4d. 

Mother  Swinerton^*  debtor  to  2  Quentols  of  fish  01- 
10»-0'^ 

M'  John  Gicear  D'^  to  hannah  Collins  for  65  days  work. 

Brother  Butolph^s  debtor  to  the  Remanndor  of  wheatt 
01-15^-0^ 

1695  Brother  Ben™  Pickeringi^  Dr  to  6^'  in  money 
lentt  when  you  wentt  outt  in  y*  Galey  with  Jno.  haris  ; 
to  my  mother  for  a  Cow,  2"  5^ ;  to  Seed  Corne,  7s  6d. ; 
July  1697  to  money  Lentt  8  peces  of  8,  21i.  8s.  ;  to 
money  Putt  on  bord,  Hi.  4s. ;  paid  for  lime,  Is.  3d. ;  to  2 
galon  &  1  qurtt  Rum  at  M'  Willowbys,  lOs,  3d, ;  paid  to 
brother  Jn^,  31i.  8s. ;  28  Sept'  Lentt,  Hi.  10s. ;  11  Octo- 
ber to  money  lentt,  31i.;  18  day  to  money,  Hi.  4s.;  to  Rent 
due  from  Britten,  Hi.  178.  6d.  ;  credit,  31i.  12s. ;  Novem- 
ber 1698  to  cash  lent,  188. ;  to  Cash  p*  for  him  in 
Plymouth,  21i. ;  to  Cash,  7s.  6d. ;  to  1  q'  of  mutton.  Is. 
9d.;  to  Cash  p**  Easten  Comp.,  4s.  6d. ;  1698  D' from  Ed. 
Britten  rentt,  3s.  6d. ;  to  1  Iron  Pott  &  1  Cetell,  341i. 
wt.  att  3  1-2  p,  9s.  lOd.  ;  to  your  wifs  passage  in  y*  Salem 
galey,  61i. ;  12311.  88.  4d. 

Per  Con.  Cr.,  to  money,  12s. ;  1697  by  Nem.  Rusher,  2U. 
by  Tho.  Acors,  6s. ;  by  Jno.  Loader,  6s. ;  by  4  days  work 
on  bord  y*  Adventor  Bregentine,  14s.;  for  y*  year  1697 
by  Ed  Britten  Rentt,    31i,  13s.  9d.,  4  li.  7s.  9d. 

Memorandum.  June  19*''  1695.  I  W™  Pickering  was 
married  to  hannah  Brown. 

Our  first  Child  hannah  was  borne  Janeuary  26,  1697, 
&  dyed  february  7***  following  aboutt  aleuen  of  the  Clock. 

Second  Daftor  Hannah  borne  July  1699  &  died  in 
aboutt  six  weeks. 


'*Hannah,  widow  of  Dr.  John  Swinerton. 

'*Lt.  John  Buttolph  (1662-1713),  leather  dresser,  son  of  John 
Buttolph  of  Salem  and  Weathersfield,  Conn.,  married  Sarah,  sister 
of  Capt.  William  Pickering. 

'"Benjamin  Pickering  (1665-1718),  shipwright  and  master  mariner 
of  Salem. 


BURBANK-PICKERING  MEMORANDUM   BOOK  289 

August  y*  3*^  1700  my  son  W™  was  borne  and  dyed 
July  31*^  1706. 

febreuary  24**"  1701-2  my  Son  James  was  borne  and 
Died  March  the  26*^  1729. 

Janeuary  23*''  1703-4  my  Daftor  Sarah  was  borne  & 
dyed  May  y^  3^"^  1711. 

July  y*  8**^  1708  my  daftor  hannah  y®  3"""*  was  borne. 

June  4*^  1711  my  second  daftor  Sarrah  was  borne  and 
Died  Aprill  the  10*^  1729  abought  6  of  the  Clock  in  the 
Day. 

Janeuary  y®  5**^  1712  my  daftor  Elisebeth  was  borne 
att  haf  an  ouer  past  nine  oClock  in  y*  day. 

December  18**^  1715  my  daftor  Mary  was  borne  aboutt 
7  o'clock  in  y*  evening. 

Saturday  Janeuary  y*  17*''  1712  my  sister  hannah 
Palmeri'  was  brot  to  bead  with  a  daftor  &  a  son,  ye  daftor 
alive  butt  y®  son  dead  &  aboutt  one  hower  after  she  dyed 
&  was  buried  y*  20**^  day. 

y«  22***  day  of  y"  same  month  my  sister  hannahs  Eldest 
daftor  by  Palmer  was  scalded  by  falling  into  a  ketle  of 
hott  water  and  y*  23*''  day  died. 

March  y®  5*''  following  my  mother  Pickering  died  & 
buried  y*  7*" 

Sabath  day  y*  7"*  day  of  September  1718  my  brother 
Benj*  Pickering  died  alitle  before  sunsett  &  was  buried 
y*  8  day  in  y®  Evening. 

I  micele  Lehall  do  obliege  my  selfe  to  Cap*  Wm.  Pick- 
ering to  serve  him  s^  Pickering  the  summer  following 
either  at  sea  or  ashore  so  far  as  I  am  Capable  att  fiuety 
fine  shillings  or  three  Pounds  ^  month  as  wittness  my 
hand  this  2***  day  of  Aperill  1717  &  s^  Pickering  to  finde 
me  with  Vitels  &  all  Craft  &  to  enter  Into  pay  the  lO*** 
day  of  s"^  month. 

his 

Micale  Le  M  hall 

mark 

I  Joseph  Needaham  of  Salem  do  binde  &  oblige  my 
selfe  to  serve  W™  Pickering  the  Summer  following  afish- 
ing  &c.     Entering  in  to  pay  at  y*  day  I   do   apeare  with 


'^Richard  Palmer  (1675-1745),   son  of  Richard  and  Mary  (Gilbert) 
Palmer,  was  the  third  hasband  of  Hannah  Pickering. 


290         BURBANK-PICKEBING  MEMORANDUM  BOOK 

him  which  shall  be  with  in  Eight  days  from  the  date 
hereof  at  fiuety  fiue  shillings  "^  month  &  y®  s^  Pickering 
to  find  me  with  all  Craft  &  Rum  &  Shuger  sutaball  afish- 
ing     as  witness  my  hand  Aperill  2*''  1717. 

Wittnes  Jn°  Collum  Joseph  Needam  X  his  mark 

James  Pickering 

A  Memorandum.  August  the  20  Day  In  the  year  of 
our  Lord  1731  Addoniram  Collins  was  married  to  Han- 
nah Pickering,  our  first  Child  Hannah  was  born  March 
the  23  Day  on  a  Sattar  Day  1734  at  10  o'Clock  In  the 
Night  and  Died  August  31  In  the  year  1761  In  the  27 
year  and  6  mo. 

our  Daughter  Sarah  was  born  September  27,  1736,  on 
a  Munday  at  Nine  o  Clock  in  the  evening.  Sarah  died 
Aprill  11,  1772. 

our  Son  Adoniram  was  born  June  the  24  Day  1738 
[1737]  at  3  oClock  in  the  morning  on  a  Sattarday  and 
Died  Auggust  the  18,  1767,  his  age  was  19  years  and  2 
months. 

Our  4*^  Child  which  was  Mary  was  Born  May  the  14*^ 
Day  on  a  Wenesday  at  6  oClock  in  the  morning,  1740. 

Our  S*'^  child  which  was  Pickering  was  born  May  9**" 
1742  on  a  Lords  day  at  6  oClock  at  night. 

Our  third  Daughter  which  was  Elisabeth  was  borne 
June  the  first  Day  and  died  June  the  19*^  Day  at  night, 
1747. 

Our  third  son  which  was  William  was  borne  June  the 
22,  1747,  on  a  Lord's  Day  at  noon  betwene  meettins  and 
Died  June  the  27  following. 

our  fourth  son  which  was  William  was  borne  August 
the  30  Day  1748  and  Died  In  3  weeks. 

My  Deare  husband  Adoniram  Collins  Died  September 
the  3*^  Day  1758  In  the  52  year  of  his  age. 

february  the  17*^  1757  William  Bacon  was  maried  to 
Sarah  Collins  and  their  first  Childe  Adoniram  was  Borne 
Aprill  the  10*^  1758  on  a  munday  morning  at  4   oClock. 

Adoniram  Collins  sailed  with  Captn  Corwin  May  the 
26  day,  was  shipped  the  21  day.  Paid  to  Mrs.  Wood- 
bridg  May  the  26,  lOli.  6s.  lOd. 

Mary  Collins  Dr.  to  Mr.  John  taskco  Esq.  to  2  Paire  of 
Shues,  31i. ;  to  Camblet  11  yards,  11  li.  lis. ;  to  faceing 


BTJRBANK-PICKERING   MEMORANDUM  BOOK  291 

and  silk,  Hi.  9s.  6d. ;  to  a  handkerchief,  21i.  15s.;  to 
Cash,  15s.  6d.;  201i.  Is.  Mary  went  to  her  sister  to  Live 
16  Day  of  Octobar. 

Ms.  Skillins  D'  to  2  yards  1-4  of  Cotton  and  Lin.,  Hi. 
16s.  6d.  ;  to  1  1-2  yd.  Bayse,  Hi.  7s.  6d.,  and  a  pound  of 
Sugar,  5s. 

July  the  9  Day  Elener  Barbar  and  Bett  came  to  scoole, 
Mariam  Lecraw  Came  the  21  Day  of  Octobar,  John  Har- 
ris Came  the  21  Day  of  Octobar,  Mary  Martin  Came  the 
22  Day  of  Decembar. 

Aprill  the  9  Day  1759  Anne  Dixey  Came  to  Scool  to 
me  and  Anna  Fostar  and  thomas  fosdick. 

April  the  16  Day  Sarah  Cockrill  and  Mary  Jacksin  and 
Abigaill  Jackson  Came. 

betty  hitear  Came  Aprill  20*** 

Stephen  Stacey  Came  June  the  5  Day,  betty  hitar  came 
againe  June  the  4*^ 

betty  Dixcy  Came  June  the  4  Day. 

Abigaill  Jackson  Came  again  June  the  10. 

Mary  Collins  went  to  Mr.  taskcoes  Septembar  10  Day 
1759. 

hulday  Shaddock  Came  Septembar  the  12  day  and  abiah 
Octobar  the  first  Day,  Sarah  Wormstead,  bob  and  Parkar 
fsenton  Came  to  scool  and  Sarah  Craw  and  William  Can- 
tabury  all  in  one  Day. 

Kuth  and  James  felton  came  the  8  Day  of  Octobar. 

Elizabeth  Denning  came  Octobar  the  29. 

Peter  fostor  Came  the  first  day  of  March. 

Grace  Tuksbury  Came  february  the  9. 

tabbatha  Reed  Came  March  3  Day  1761. 

Polly  Martin  Came  febuary  the  first. 

Janavary  the  28  Day  Sarah  Wormstead  Robbard  and 
Parker  Came  and  Anna  Fostar  came  January  the  6  Day 
and  tomme  fosdick. 

Janevary  the  28  Day  Abigaile  backen  and  Elisabeth 
Dixcy  came. 

March  the  31  day  hannah  felton  Came. 

Sarah  Craw  came  20  day  of  March. 

Aprill  the  6  Day  betty  Proctor,  tabbitha  Reed  and 
Jereme  Reed,  Patty  Proctor,  Aprill  the  first  Peggy  Par- 
sons came. 


292        BUEBANK-PICKBRING  MEMORANDUM  BOOK 

Ruth  Felton,  Rebecca  Seldon,  molly  brocket  and  Nancy 
Dicksy  came  Aprill  14,  James  felton  came  the  IS***  and  2 
Gudens  June  2  day. 

Sally  felton  came  April  15  and  21  Day  of  Aprill  Sarah 
Jackson  Came  and  Tabitha  Reed  and  Sarah  Cokrill. 

Aprill  the  28  Day  Betty  Dixcy  and  Sarah  Roads,  the 
Duch  child  came  May  6. 

Rachell  Grar  came  May  the  7  Day,  Nancy  Ome  came 
May  19,  Charita  Prichit  Came  July  the  21. 

June  the  3  Day   the   Lanceyes   Came   to   scool,  Sally. 
Graves  Came  June  2,  and  2  Martains  June  3,  Benjamin 
Wells  came. 

May  9  Mary  Gale  Came  to  scooU  and  Benjamin  Stasey, 
James  Fosdick,  Hulda  Shaddock  and  Richard  Proctor 
May  2  Day. 

Aprill  the  6*^  1762,  Sarah  Martaine  and  Ellin  or  Came, 
Ben  Wells,  Sarah  Lecraw,  Rachell  Gray  and  Jane  Wil- 
liams, Mary  Goodin  and  Timothy,  Sarah  Perce. 

3  Goodins  came  the  12  Day,  and  Neddy  Wells. 

April  19,  1762,  Elizabeth  Chitman  came. 

May  the  10  Day  John  and  Ben  Marston  Came.  Doll. 
Skinner  came  3  day  May. 

Steven  Stacy  sat  up  with  Sarah  Perce  the  8  day  of 
June,  1772. 

Elias  Turner  was  married  June  the  21,  1762. 

Aprill  6,  1762,  Sarah  Roads  Came  to  Scoole,  Sarah 
Graves  came  May  6  Day. 

May  the  24  John  Buby  Came,  Hannah  Goodin,  timothey 
Sttan  came  May  30  Day.  June  14,  1762,  James  Fosdik 
Came  and  Mary  Casell  Came  June  the  14, 1762.  Marium 
Lecraw  Came  July  the  26,  1762.  Mary  Stably  Came 
August  the  2  Day. 

thare  was  in  the  yeare  1738  a  great  athcak  one  sab- 
bady  which  i  was  at  hum  all  alone  it  Deed  soprise  mee 
very  much  thought  it  was  the  last  Day  I  was  about  8 
years  old  and  no  house  within  a  half  mild  i  was  much 
skerd. 


JOHN   HAZLITT— PORTRAIT  PAINTER. 


BY   THEODOBB   BOLTON    OF    WASHINGTON,    D.    0. 


One  of  the  persistent  puzzles  that  beset  the  present 
writer  while  on  the  search  for  information  concerning  the 
early  American  portrait  painters  was  the  question  of  John 
Hazlitt.  That  he  worked  in  Salem,  Hingham  and  Dor- 
chester ;  that  his  father  was  a  Unitarian  minister  from 
England ;  and  that  Dr.  Bentley  misspelled  his  name  and 
spoke  of  him  as  "now  famous  in  London,"  was  practi- 
cally all  that  could  be  found  out  about  him.  The  fact 
that  he  was  identical  with  the  John  Hazlitt  mentioned  by 
G.  C.  Williamson  in  his  "History  of  Portrait  Miniatures" 
added  little.  This  book  says  that  he  was  born  in  Wem, 
which  turns  out  to  be  incorrect,  and  notes  that  informa- 
tion is  scarce. 

Finally,  a  catalogue  of  the  "Exhibition  of  Portrait 
Miniatures"  issued  by  the  South  Kensington  Museum  in 
1865,  stated  that  he  was  the  brother  of  William  Hazlitt, 
the  essayist,  and  the  information  was  in  his  brother's  bi- 
ographies all  along  "where  he  who  runs  may  read."  The 
two  from  which  nearly  all  the  following  information  is 
taken  are,  "The  Hazlitts,"  and  "Four  Generations  of  a 
Literary  Family,"  both  by  William  Carew  Hazlitt. 

John  Hazlitt  was  born  in  Marshfield  and  not  Wem,  in 
1767,  and  was  baptised  July  6.  In  June,  1770,  the 
family  moved  to  Maidstone,  where  Margaret  Hazlitt  and 
William  Hazlitt  were  born,  one  in  1770,  the  other  in 
1778.  The  family  moved  to  Brandon,  Ireland,  in  1780, 
where  the  elder  Hazlitt  preached  to  a  Presbyterian  audi- 
ence about  three  years. 

He  sailed  with  his  family  from  Cork  on  April  3,  1783, 
for  the  United  States,  and  landed  in  New  York  on  May 
26.  Two  days  later  they  started  for  Philadelphia,  stopping 
at  Perth  Amboy  and  Burlington. 

The  first  information  of  honest  John  Hazlitt,  other  than 

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294  JOHN   HAZLITT — PORTRAIT  PAINTER 

as  an  infant,  dates  at  this  time.  He  was  taken  by  his 
father  to  get  a  sight  of  George  Washington  in  St.  Peter's 
Church,  Philadelphia. 

The  elder  Hazlitt  was  an  itinerant  preacher  at  many 
churches,  and  he  presently  accepted  the  invitation  to 
preach  in  Maryland.  At  the  end  of  the  second  week  he 
was  taken  with  fever,  and  John  Hazlitt  hastened  to  his 
side.  "He  went  alone  on  horseback,"  wrote  Margaret 
Hazlitt.  "He  rode  through  woods  and  marshes  a  hundred 
and  fifty  miles  in  fifty-six  hours,  over  an  unknown  coun- 
try and  without  a  guide."  After  a  short  time  he  took 
his  father  back  to  his  family  in  Philadelphia. 

In  August,  1784,  the  family  moved  to  Weymouth,  Mas- 
sachusetts, by  way  of  Bath,  Bristol,  Burlington,  Perth 
Amboy,  New  York,  Newport  and  Providence.  From 
Weymouth  the  elder  made  frequent  trips  to  Hingham, 
Salem  and  Boston,  and  John  Hazlitt  often  accompanied 
his  father.  About  this  time  he  commenced  painting  por- 
traits. In  Joseph  Felt's  "Annals  of  Salem,"  under  the 
year  1785  is  the  following  entry  :  "John  Haslett  asks 
patronage  in  miniatures."  About  the  same  year  or  a  lit- 
tle earlier  he  painted  the  earliest  extant  likeness  of  his 
brother. 

The  family  finally  moved  nearer  to  Boston,  settling  at 
Dorchester  in  July,  1786.  The  family  were  very  fond 
of  Boston.  "Boston  is  more  like  an  English  town,"  wrote 
Margaret  Hazlitt,  and  John  Hazlitt  was  constantly  occu- 
pied. Self-taught  and  always  moving  about,  it  seems 
astonishing  that  he  did  such  excellent  work  at  the  age  of 
nineteen.  The  miniature  of  his  brother  was  painted 
when  he  was  eighteen  or  younger. 

At  Dorchester  the  future  essayist  received  his  first 
Latin  lessons  from  his  brother,  who  stood,  in  fact,  in  loco 
parentis  at  this  time,  for  the  elder  Hazlitt  had  sailed  for 
England  in  October,  1786.  Margaret  Hazlitt  wrote  of  the 
happy  Christmas  holidays  she  spent  at  one  of  the  homes 
outside  Boston,  and  told  how,  after  two  weeks  of  festivity, 
her  brother  came  to  take  her  home.  The  family,  how- 
ever, longed  to  return  to  England,  and  in  August,  1787, 
they  sailed  on  the  Nonpareil  for  Portsmouth.  The  ship 
in  which  they  had  sailed   to  America  was  the  Henry,  the 


BY  THEODORE   BOLTON  295 

first  to  bear  the  news  of  the  peace  settlement  between  the 
United  States  and  Great  Britain. 

The  family  settled  at  Wem,  and  William  wrote  his 
father,  quaintly,  "I  shall  never  forget  that  we  came  to 
America.  If  we  had  not  came  («2c)  to  America  we 
should  not  have  been  away  from  one  and  other.  ...  I 
think  for  my  part  that  it  would  have  been  a  great  deal 
better  if  the  white  people  had  not  found  it  out.  •  .  . 
Mamma,  Peggy  and  Jacky  are  all  very  well,  and  I  am, 
too.  ..." 

Little  remains  to  be  told  of  honest  John  Hazlitt.  His 
life  must  have  been  full  of  interest,  although  he  had  to 
struggle  with  poverty.  Shortly  after  he  moved  to  Lon- 
don, and  met  Sir  Joshua  Reynolds,  who  praised  him  ;  in 
1788  he  exhibited  at  the  Royal  Academy;  and  in  1793 
he  married  Miss  Mary  Pierce. 

He  knew  the  circle  that  included  his  brother,  Coleridge 
and  Charles  Lamb.  He  painted  portraits  of  all  three, 
and  also  Dr.  Jenner,  besides  many  others.  He  started 
painting  madonnas  from  his  wife  and  daughter,  and  ex- 
hibited at  the  Academy  every  year  from  1788  to  1819, 
inclusive.  Then  there  is  a  gap  in  the  man's  biography 
at  this  point  that  cannot  be  accounted  for,  and  the  next 
that  is  known  of  him  is  that  he  moved  in  May,  1832, 
to  Stockport,  where  he  died  on  May  16, 1837.  Margaret, 
Harriet  and  William  were  the  names  of  his  three  children. 

This,  in  brief,  is  practically  all  there  is  to  be  told  con- 
cerning John  Hazlitt.  He  left  his  impression  on  the  liter- 
ary men  he  met,  and  two  have  preserved  two  of  his  say- 
ings, for  he  was  admired  as  much  for  his  own  originality 
as  for  being  the  brother  of  William  Hazlitt.  That  he 
left  his  impression  in  America  is  shown  by  the  item  from 
Dr.  Bentley's  Diary :  "My  miniature  was  by  Haslitt, 
now  famous  in  London." 


296  john  hazlitt — portkait  painter 

List  of  References  to  John  Hazlitt. 

1845.     Joseph  B.  Felt,  "Annals  of  Salem,"  Salem. 

1865.  South  Kensington  Museum,  "Exhibition  of  Por- 
trait Miniatures."^ 

1897.     "Letters  of  Charles  Lamb,"  London,  vol.  1,  p.  225. 

1897.  William  Carew  Hazlitt,  "Four  Generations  of  a 
Literary  Family,"  2  vols.,  London  ;  illustrations 
after  John  Hazlitt's  paintings,  vol.  1 ;  William 
Hazlitt,  Margaret  Hazlitt,  Reverend  William  Haz- 
litt, Grace  Hazlitt;  vol.  2,  Self -Portrait. 

1904.  G.  C.  Williamson,  "History  of  Portrait  Minia- 
tures," 2  vols.,  London. 

1904.  "Collected  Works  of  William  Hazlitt,"  13  vols., 
London ;  illustrations  after  paintings  by  John 
Hazlitt;  vol.1,  William  Hazlitt,  1784;"  vol.  4, 
William  Hazlitt,  1791 ;  vol.  5,  William  Hazlitt, 
1808  ;  vol.  6,  Charles  Lamb,  1805 ;  vol.  9,  John 
Hazlitt ;  vol.  10,  Margaret  Hazlitt ;  vol.  11,  Rev- 
erend William  Hazlitt ;  vol.  12,  Grace  Hazlitt. 

1905.  Algernon  Graves,  "Royal  Academy,"  London. 

1905.     "Diary  of  William  Bentley,"  Salem. 

1905.  E.  V.  Lucas,  "Life  of  Charles  Lamb,"  2  vols., 
London ;  vol.  1,  p.  346,  illustration,  Charles 
Lamb,  by  John  Hazlitt ;  vol.  1,  p.  341,  reference 
to  Mrs.  John  Hazlitt's  small  daughter  and  Lamb. 

1911.  William  Carew  Hazlitt,  "The  Hazlitts,"  Edin- 
burgh ;  privately  printed  ;  illustrations  :  William 
Hazlitt,  miniature  by  John  Hazlitt,  on  title  page 
"John  Hazlitt,  Miniaturist,"  pp.  327-339. 

'Dr.  Gr.  C.  Williamson,  in  his  "Hand  List  of  Miniatures"  of  the 
Wellesley  Collection,  Oxford,  1914,  describes  the  Margaret  Hazlitt 
miniature  mentioned  in  the  South  Kensington  Museum  Catalogue 
of  1865.  He  also  notes  a  miniature  by  John  Hazlitt  of  Samuel 
Taylor  Coleridge,  with  the  following  remarks:  "This  portrait 
probably  dates  from  about  1784  .  .  .  Hazlitt's  brother  William,  the 
essayist,  and  Coleridge  were  very  intimate  friends." 


FIRST  KNOWN  TAX  RATE  OF  BOXFORD,  1687. 


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John  Stiles 1 

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OLD  NORFOLK  COUNTY  RECORDS. 


(^Continued  from  The  Essex  Antiquarian  for  July,  1909.^ 


Henry  Moulton  of  Hampton,  with  consent  of  wife 
Sobrietie,  for  <£4.  10s.,  conveyed  to  Tho :  Philbrick,  jun., 
of  Hampton,  4  acres  in  ye  East  field,  bounded  by  ye 
common  highway,  land  of  Wm.  Moulton,  Henry  Moulton 
and  Jno.  Sanborns,  4:7:  1661.  Wit :  Henry  Dow  and 
Joseph  Dow.     Ack.  10  :  8  :  1661,  in  court  at  Hampton. 

John  Cass  [his  3  marke]  of  Hampton,  husbandman, 
conveyed  to  Tho.  Philbrick,  jun.,  of  Hampton,  for  <£124 
paid  to  Mr.  Anthony  Chickley  of  Boston,  merchant,  one 
half  of  ye  farme  in  Hampton  which  was  granted  to  Mr. 
Steven  Batchelder,  afterwards  in  possession  of  Mr.  Jno. 
Wheelwright,  since  in  occupancy  of  Eliakim  Wardell, 
about  200  acres  bounded  by  Salisbury  line,  farms  of  Tim- 
othie  Dalton,  John  Brown  and  Christopher  Hussey. 
Whereas  Jno.  Cass  had  disposed  of  8  or  9  acres  of  up- 
land to  Isaac  Perkins  and  Joseph  Dow,  which  falls  within 
the  land  of  Tho.  Philbrick,  he  is  to  let  sd.  Philbrick  have 
as  much  land  adjoining  Tho.  Philbrick's,  May  20,  1664. 
Wit :  Sam^i  Dalton  and  Hannah  Dalton.  Ack.  by  grantor 
May  11,  1674,  and  by  wife  Martha  May  25,  1674,  before 
Sam"  Dalton,  commissioner. 

Rodger  Easman  [his  >•  mark]  of  Salisbury,  planter, 
for  36  shillings  conveyed  to  John  ffrench  of  Salisbury, 
tailor,  all  right  of  commonage  in  Salisbury  which  the  said 
Rodger  Easman  bought  of  Richard  Singletary,  16  :  11 : 
1653.  Wit:  Tho.  Bradbury  and  Edw.  ffrench.  Ack. 
25 :  11 :  1653,  before  Sam"  Winsly  and  Josiah  Cobham, 
commissioners. 

Note.  In  February,  1897,  full  abstracts  of  the  records  of  deeds, 
etc.,  of  Norfolk  County  began  to  be  printed  in  The  Essex  Antiqua- 
rian. These  abstracts  were  continued  during  the  thirteen  years 
the  Antiquarian  was  published.  The  publication  of  these  valuable 
records  is  now  to  be  continued  in  the  Historical  Collections  of  the 
Essex  Institute. 

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OLD  NORFOLK  COUNTY  RECORDS        299 

Edward  ffrench  of  Salisbury,  for  love,  conveyed  to  his 
son  Jno.  ffrench  of  Salisbury,  tailor,  one  dwelling  house 
with  a  barn  and  4  acres  of  upland,  8  acres  salt  marsh,  4 
acres  fresh  meadow  and  1/2  of  my  lot  of  sweepage  in 
Salisbury,  bounded  by  house  lot  of  Capt.  Robert  Pike  and 
land  of  Joseph  ffrench,  of  George  Goldwyer  and  street  or 
common  way  leading  to  great  Neck  ;  the  8  acres  salt 
marsh, being  1/2  of  lot  formerly  belonging  to  Georg 
Carr,  bounded  by  that  part  of  salt  marsh  which  I  gave 
to  my  son  Joseph  ffrench,  and  by  little  River  ;  said  4 
acres  fresh  meadow  lying  between  lot  of  Abraham  Mor- 
rill, deceased,  formerly  of  Salisbury,  and  the  meadow  lot 
I  bought  of  Mr.  Sam^^  Hall,  butting  upon  great  Neck  and 
little  River.  Said  sweepage  at  beach  being  the  57th  lot 
containing  6  acres,  132  rods,  bounded  by  Richard  North 
and  Robert  Downers,  formerly  the  lot  of  W™  Partridge, 
June  7,  1664.  Wit:  Edward  Gove  and  John  Clough. 
Ack.  by  grantor  and  wife  An,  11 :  2  :  1665,  before  court 
at  Salisbury. 

Joseph  ffrench  of  Salisbury,  for  12  acres  of  upland 
made  sure  to  him  by  Henry  Green  of  Hampton,  conveyed 
to  Isaac  Green,  son  of  sd.  Henry,  all  my  lott  of  upland 
commonly  called  Hall's  farme  in  Salisbury,  containing 
about  7  acres,  lying  between  lots  of  Mr.  Tho.  Bradbury, 
now  in  possession  of  Jno.  Stanian,  lot  of  Jno.  Eaton,  now 
in  possession  of  Jno.  Cram,  lot  of  Steven  fflanders,  now 
in  possession  of  Isaac  Green,  and  upon  meadow  bounded 
by  Hampton  line  and  by  the  highway,  10:  10:  1671. 
Wit :  John  Stanian,  William  Bradbury.  Ack.  in  court 
at  Salisbury,  April  8,  1673. 

William  Sargent  of  Amesbury,  yeoman,  conveyed  to 
Isaac  Green  of  Hampton  about  2  acres  salt  marsh  on 
east  side  of  country  way  towards  Hampton,  commonly 
called  Hall's  farm,  abutting  upon  the  upland,  a  certain 
creek,  a  marsh  lot  of  Joseph  Moyses  now  in  the  hands 
of  Henry  Green,  and  a  marsh  lot  of  the  widow  Willixes, 
April  23,  1672.  Wit :  Hannah  Dalton  and  Mehetabel 
Dalton.  Ack.  April  23,  1672,  before  Sam"  Dalton,  com- 
missioner. 

John  Ilsly  of  Salisbury,  barber,  for  X3.  16s.,  conveyed 
to  Isaac  Green  of  Hampton,  planter,  all  his  lot  of  upland 


300        OLD  NORFOLK  COUNTY  RECORDS 

which  he  bought  of  Jno.  Maxfeild  in  Salisbury,  ia  a  place 
commonly  called  Hall's  farm,  containing  about  3  acres 
and  a  half,  being  lot  No.  20,  between  lots  of  Joseph  Moys 
and  Richard  Orrasby,  June  9,  1673.  Wit :  John  Marston 
and  Jacob  Green.  Ack.  July  29,  1673,  before  Robert 
Pike,  commissioner. 

Isaac  Pirkins  of  Hampton,  yeoman,  conveyed  to  Isaac 
Green  of  Salisbury  land  in  Hampton  adjoining  Salisbury 
line,  abutting  on  the  country  way,  on  Isaac  Pirkins'  land 
and  on  a  piece  of  land  2  rods  in  breadth,  for  a  highway 
to  said  Isaac  Green's  land,  sometime  Daniell  Pierce's  land, 
commonly  called  Hall's  farm,  March  9,  1674-5.  Wit  : 
Nath"  Weare  and  Return  Johnson.  Ack.  March  31, 1675, 
before  Sam"  Dalton,  commissioner. 

Execution  against  Wm.  Hilton  and  Charles  Hilton  to 
satisfy  judgment  of  401i.  and  costs  granted  Georg  Pear- 
son, Jan.  16,  1675,  at  the  county  court  at  Boston,  dated 
Boston,  June  23,  1675,  signed  by  Isa.  Adington,  clerk, 
and  served  by  Richard  Wayte,  marshal  of  Suffolk,  who 
appointed  Henry  Dowe  or  Nath"  Boulter,  both  of  Hamp- 
ton, his  deputies.  Return  was  made  by  Nath.  Boulter,  by 
attachment  of  50  acres  of  upland  on  Exeter  river  ten- 
dered by  Mr.  William  Hilton,  running  from  William 
Parkines  bounds  by  the  river  side  up  into  ye  woods,  and 
two  acres  beginning  at  ye  first  creek  and  so  upwards  to 
Mr.  Hilton's  marsh,  all  of  which  he  gave  possession  by 
turf  and  twig. 

James  Davis,  sen.  [his  ^  mark]  and  Sisly,  his  wife 
[her  mark]  of  Haverhill,  conveyed  to  John  Haseltine 
of  Haverhill,  for  2  ox  commons,  which  formerly  belonged 
to  Jno.  Davis,  which  the  said  Jno.  Haseltine  bought  of 
Wm.  Simons,  lying  in  the  first  ox  common  which  was 
laid  out  in  Haverhill,  and  <£11  already  paid,  about  5  acres 
second  division  of  meadow  lying  in  Spicket  meadow 
bounded  by  Joseph  Peasly,  by  meadow  formerly  of  Jno. 
Davis,  by  a  branch  of  Spickett  river  and  by  the  upland. 
Wit:  Henry  Palmer.  Ack.  March  20,  1662,  before 
Simon  Bradstreet. 

William  Sargent  of  Ames  bury,  planter,  conveyed  to 
Tho.  Currier  of  Amesbury,  planter,  one-half  of  a  higledee 
pigledee  lot  of  salt  marsh  in  Salisbury,  two  acres,  bound- 


OLD   NORFOLK   COUNTY   RECOEDS  301 

ed  with  the  meadow  of  Georg  Goldwyers,  joining  Wm. 
Bnswell's  and  Jno.  Stevens'  meadows,  January  28,  1662. 
Wit :  Sam"  ffoot  and  James  ffreeses.  Ack.  by  grantor 
and  wife  Mary,  April  3,  1676,  before  Robert  Pike,  com- 
missioner. 

Henry  Brown  of  Salisbury,  shoemaker,  for  four  pounds 
sterling  conveyed  to  John  Bayly  of  Nuberie,  yeoman,  my 
right  of  commonage  which  I  bought  of  John  Bayly  in 
Salisbury,  also  part  of  one  end  of  my  planting  lott  but- 
ting upon  meadow  of  sd.  Bayly,  April  4,  1676.  Memo- 
randa. If  the  heirs  or  assigns  of  Jno.  Bayly  shall  here- 
after recover  the  said  commonage  of  Salisbury,  the  sd. 
Henry  Brown  shall  have  the  sum  of  X3,  according  to  sd. 
Brown's  first  purchase.  Wit:  Tho.  Bradbury  and  Jno. 
Emerie,  jun.  Ack.  by  Henry  Brown  and  the  memoranda 
ack.  by  Jno.  Bayly,  April  4,  1676,  before  Robert  Pike, 
commissioner. 

Richard  Currier  of  Eamesbury,  millwright,  for  X43 
sterling,  conveyed  to  Capt.  Pal  White  of  Nubery,  mer- 
chant, one-third  part  of  a  sawmill  in  Amesbury,  provided 
the  said  Richard  Currier  shall  pay  X43  in  neate  fatt cattle 
before  November  10  next,  to  be  delivered  at  the  dwelling 
house  of  Pal  White,  or  merchantable  Oake  plank,  slitt 
worke  or  pine  boards,  to  be  delivered  at  warehouse  of  Pal 
White  at  the  waterside  in  Nubery.  Also  Richard  Cur- 
rier engages  to  pay  forty  shillings  more  for  Steven  Swett, 
sen.,  of  Newbury,  March  22,  1675-76.  Wit :  John  Jones 
and  Willm.  Chandler.     Ack.  by  grantor. 

Sam"  Dudley  of  Exeter,  clerk,  conveyed  to  Moses 
Gillman  of  Exeter  his  right  in  Moses  Gillman's  lower 
pasture  which  was  mortgaged  to  Richard  Smith,  sometime 
of  Ipswich,  yeoman,  and  by  him  sold  to  me,  lying  be- 
tween Exiter  and  Mr.  Hilton's,  reserving  about  1/2  acre, 
now  in  possession  of  Cornelius  Lary,  near  Robert  Smart's 
meadow ;  also  house  lots  northerly  of  Wm.  More's  lot,  on 
the  south  of  Richard  Carver,  bounded  by  a  common  way 
three  rods  wide,  as  far  as  Mountigue's  lott;  also  40  acres 
of  a  sawmill  grant  which  Moses  bought  of  Edward  Gill- 
man,  deceased,  west  of  the  town  upon  little  River,  to 
Goodnis  house,  and  my  part  of  old  sawmill  standing 
against  house  of  Mr.  Jn°  Gillman,  as  I  bought  it   of  Mr. 


302        OLD  NORFOLK  COUNTY  RECORDS 

Wm.  Payne,  April  3,  1675.  Wit :  Sam"  Dalton  and 
Moses  Gillman,  jun.  Ack.  by  grantor  and  Elizabeth,  his 
wife,  April  3,  1675,  before  Sam"  Dalton,  commissioner. 

John  Gillman  of  Exiter,  yeoman,  conveyed  to  my 
brother  Moses  Gillman,  small  lots  in  Exiter  between  lot 
formerly  belonging  to  Thomas  Jones  and  Stanians'  Creek, 
north  from  the  dwelling  house  of  sd.  Moses  and  from 
Jones'  lot  where  sd.  Moses  has  now  built,  which  I  had  of 
my  mother  Gillman,  and  taken  by  execution  from  my 
brother  Edward  Gillman  of  Exiter,  deceased,  April  8, 
1675.  Wit:  Sam"  Dudley  and  John  Stanley.  Ack.  May 
6,  1675,  before  Sam"  Dalton,  commissioner. 

Ephraim  Winsly  of  Salisbury,  cordwinder,  for  <£9, 
conveyed  to  Ensigne  William  Buswell  of  Salisbury,  9 
acres  in  Salisbury,  in  what  is  commonly  called  Hall's  farm 
towards  Hampton,  formerly  granted  by  ye  town  of  Salis- 
bury to  my  father,  Mr.  Sam"  Winsly,  late  of  Salisbury, 
deceased,  Lot  39,  and  bounded  by  Ensigne  Buswell,  Jno. 
Stevens,  Keins  Brook  and  a  highway,  8  acres  and  13  rods 
as  layd  out  in  the  30  acres  which  were  left  of  the  great 
lots,  May  15,  1674.  Wit:  Abraham  Knowlton  and  Moses 
Gill.  Ack.  by  grantor  and  Mary,  his  wife  [her  M  mark], 
April  14,  1676,  before  Sam"  Dalton,  commissioner. 

Richard  Dole,  of  Nuberie,  makes  over  to  Jno.  Emerie, 
jun.,  his  right  in  within  written  mortgage,  April  16, 1673. 
Wit :  Sam"  Plumor,  Jno.  Dole,  Richard  Dole,  jun.  Ack. 
in  court  at  Ipswich,  April  21,  1675. 

Zakerie  Eyer  [his  z  mark]  of  Haverhill,  planter,  for 
X250,  conveyed  to  his  father,  Jno.  Eyer,  a  farm  of  250 
acres  and  dwelling  house  in  Haverhill,  which  had  been 
formerly  owned  by  his  father,  Jno.  Eyer,  and  conveyed  to 
said  Zakerie  Eyer  by  deed,  land  bounded  by  Leift.  Brown, 
Josuah  Woodman,  and  by  the  Spickett  and  Merrimac 
Rivers^  May  20,  1675.  Wit :  Isaac  Bayly  and  John 
Emery,  jun.  Ack.  May  19,  1676,  before  Robert  Pike, 
commissioner. 

John  Eyers  of  Haverhill,  for  <£86,  conveyed  to  Jno. 
Emerie  of  Nubery,  250  acres  land  in  Haverhill,  bounded 
by  land  of  Lieft.  Brown,  the  Merrimack  River,  a  highway 
next  Spicket  River,  and  land  of  Josuah  Woodman,  to  be 
paid  half  in  barley  and  pork  before    the  last  of  October 


OLD  NORFOLK  COUNTY  RECORDS        803 

in  1677,  at  the  now  dwelling  house  of  sd.  Emerie  in  Nu- 
bury,  October  11,  1675.  Wit :  John  [his  I  mark]  Bayly 
and  Isaac  Bayly.  Ack.  by  grantor,  May  19,  1676,  before 
Kobert  Pike,  commissioner. 

Execution  against  Edward  Colcord,  sen.,  to  satisfy 
judgment  of  10^  9'^  granted  Jno.  Stanian  and  Henry 
Robys,  13  :  2  :  1669,  at  court  at  Salisbury,  dated  Feb.  26, 
1675,  signed  by  Tho.  Bradbury,  rec.  John  Stanian 's  re- 
ceipt to  Edw.  Colcord,  dated  April  24,  1676,  for  a  wheel 
at  7s.  and  to  Henry  Dowe  for  the  remainder.  Execution 
satisfied. 

Jasper  Blake  [his  B  mark]  of  Hampton,  seaman,  con- 
veyed to  Joseph  Moulton  of  Hampton  ten  acres  planting 
land  in  a  field  called  ye  north  playne  in  Hampton,  bound- 
ed by  land  of  Morris  Hobbs,  now  in  hands  of  Jno.  Hobbs, 
by  Robert  Marston,  now  owned  by  Benjamin  Moulton,  by 
the  common  way,  according  to  the  records  of  Hampton, 
said  land  being  my  lawful  right  from  Tho.  Ward  of  Hamp- 
ton, first  owner,  February  28,  1669.  Wit:  Hannah  Dal- 
ton  and  Sam"  Dalton,  jun.  Ack.  by  grantor  and  Deborah, 
his  wife  [her  X  mark],  February  28,  1669,  before  Sam" 
Dalton,  commissioner. 

Joseph  Moulton  of  Hampton,  for  £6,  conveyed  to  his 
brother  Benjamin  Moulton  of  Hampton,  one-half  of  the 
lot  I  lately  bought  of  Jasper  Blake  in  the  north  playne 
in  Hampton,  Oct.  11,  1671.  Wit :  Henry  Dow  and  Dan- 
iell  Dow.  Ack.  by  grantor,  April  25,  1676,  before  Sam" 
Dalton,  commissioner. 

John  Brown,  sen.  [his  I  B  mark]  of  Hampton,  for  .£12, 
part  in  land  and  the  rest  by  bill  under  hand  of  Joseph 
and  Benj.  Moulton  of  Hampton,  conveyed  to  Benjamin 
Moulton  two  acres  land  in  Hampton  neare  unto  ye 
great  Bore's  head,  bounded  by  land  of  Joseph  Moulton, 
a  pond,  highway  and  creek  that  issues  out  of  the  great 
pond,  April  24,  1676.  Wit :  William  ffifeild  and  Sam" 
Dalton,  jun.  Ack.  by  grantor,  April  24,  1676,  before 
Sam"  Dalton,  commissioner. 

Indenture,  dated  February  22,  1675,  between  William 
Osgood,  sen.,  of  Salisbury,  millwright,  and  Thomas 
Mudgett  of  Salisbury,  shipwright.  Will :  Osgood 
conveyed    to    Tho.    Mudgett    all    my    land    which    sd. 


304        OLD  NORFOLK  COUNTY  RECORDS 

Mudgett  now  uses  for  a  tymber  yard  for  building  ship- 
ping, with  ye  launching  place,  with  free  egress  and 
regress  to  carry  his  timber,  wood  and  plank  out  of 
the  woods  and  from  the  sawmill  through  the  sd.  Osgood's 
land,  for  fifty  shillings  for  every  vessel  sd.  Mudgett  shall 
build  of  twenty  ton  or  upward  at  the  launching  of  sd. 
vessel.  Wit :  Tho.  Bradbury,  Henry  Brown  and  William 
Buswell.  Ack.  by  William  Osgood  and  Tho:  Mudgett, 
March  1,  1675-6,  before  Tho:  Bradbury,  associate. 

Mortgage  deed,  Theoder  Atkinson,  sen.,  of  Boston, 
merchant  and  felt  maker,  for  £60  received  of  Major  Rob- 
ert Pike  of  Salisbury,  upon  the  last  day  of  July  last, 
which  money  belonged  to  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Sarah  Stock- 
man, now  wife  of  Mr.  Jno.  Stockman,  and  late  widow  of 
Mr.  Wymond  Bradbury,  deceased,  and  her  3  children, 
Wymond,  Sarah  and  Ann,  by  sd.  Bradbury,  conveyed  to 
Robert  Pike,  present  administrator  of  the  estate  of  the 
said  Wymond  Bi-adbury  or  ffeoffee  in  trust  for  said  Sarah 
Stockman  and  her  three  children,  40  rods,  according  to 
the  English  measure,  in  Boston,  bounded  by  land  now  in 

possession  of  Wright,    land  of  sd.    Atkinson,   land 

of  Beard,  and  the  highway  between  it  and  the  other  land 
of  mine  ;  interest  to  be  paid  yearly  at  now  dwelling  house 
of  sd,  Atkinson  in  Boston,  or  at  the  house  where  Pike 
now  dwells  at  Salisbury,  Oct.  29,  1672.  Wit:  John 
Stockman  and  Robert  Ring.  Ack.  Oct.  30,  1672,  before 
Robert  Pike,  commissioner. 

Edward  Hilton,  Sam"  Hilton  and  Charles  Hilton  of 
Exiter,  upon  the  river  of  Pascataqua,  for  £80,  due  to 
Mrs.  Katherine  Hilton,  the  mother-in-law,  which  was  in 
satisfaction  of  a  judgment  secured  by  her  against  us  at 
last  County  court  held  at  Hampton,  conveyed  to  sd.  Mrs. 
Katherine  Hilton  66  acres  of  upland  and  4  acres  of 
meadow,  sometime  of  our  dear  father's,  deceased,  the 
meadow  lying  by  the  first  creek  below  William  Hilton's 
house  in  Exiter  ;  the  said  56  acres  bounded  by  the  plant- 
ing land  of  William  Hilton,  Robert  Smart's  brook,  land 
of  Andrew  Constable,  and  by  a  highway  down  to  the 
river  between  the  land  of  William  Hilton  and  Andrew 
Constable,  said  land  to  extend  into  the  woods  towards  the 
northwest  to  make  up  the  full  sum  of  66  acres,  January 


OLD  NORFOLK  COUNTY  RECORDS         805 

16,  1674.  Wit:  Sam"  Dalton  and  Mehetabel  Dalton. 
Ack.  by  Edward  Hilton,  Sam.  Hilton  and  Charles  Hilton, 
16  :  11 :  1674,  before  Sam"  Dalton,  commissioner.  Laid 
out  June  17,  1675,  by  Sam"  Dalton  and  John  Gillman. 

Moses  Worcester,  of  Kitterie,  planter,  for  .£30,  con- 
veyed to  Abraham  Brown  of  Salisbury,  planter,  120 
acres  of  upland  in  Salisbury,  being  in  that  great  division 
of  land  a;bove  the  mills,  ye  fifteen  lot  in  number,  between 
the  lots  of  Sam^i  ffelloes  and  Mr.  John  Hodges,  according 
to  the  original  right  of  my  revered  father,  Mr.  William 
Worcester,  sometime  pastor  of  the  church  at  Salisbury, 
deceased,  butting  upon  the  mill  brook  and  upon  a  general 
highway,  May  19,  1675.  Wit  :  Tho.  Bradbury  and  Ben- 
jamin Allin.  Ack.  by  grantor,  May  20,  1675,  before 
Robert  Pike,  commissioner. 

Execution  against  Mr.  Edward  Colcord,  sen.,  to  satisfy 
judgment  of  71i.  98.  8d.  in  merchantable  good-conditioned 
deale  boards,  at  forty  shillings  per  thousand,  to  be  deliv- 
ered at  Henry  Green's  mill  at  Hampton  ;  also  costs  grant- 
ed to  Mr.  Tho:  Bradbury  on  May  30,  1676,  at  County 
court  at  Hampton,  dated  June  3,  1676,  signed  by  Tho: 
Bradbury,  rec,  and  served  by  Henry  Dow.  Return  was 
made  by  Henry  Dow  by  attachment  of  an  acre  and  29 
rods  of  salt  marsh,  tendered  by  Edward  Colcord,  senior, 
lying  in  Hampton,  in  the  Spring  marshes,  so  called, 
bounded  by  marsh  of  Jno.  Redman,  Abraham  Pirkins,  a 
marsh  now  in  hands  of  Edw.  Colcord,  and  marsh  formerly 
of  Edward  Colcord,  but  now  levied  by  me  for  a  fine  due 
to  the  county  to  satisfy  execution  and  fees  to  Sergt.  Tho: 
Philbrick.  Execution  satisfied,  June  10,  1676.  Appraised 
by  Jno.  Sanborn  and  Tho :  Philbrick,  June  10,  1676. 

John  Bursley  [his  X  mark]  of  Newechewannick,  for 
X25,  conveyed  to  Edward  Gillman  of  Exiter  all  those 
houses  and  lands  which  I  either  bought  or  had  given  me 
in  the  town  of  Exiter,  viz :  a  house  and  two  house  lots 
sometime  of  Nath"  Boulter's,  one  of  the  lots  sometime  of 
Mr.  Isaac  Grosses,  and  the  house  and  other  lot  sometime 
of  Mr.  Philemon  Permots,  with  ten  acres  of  land  adjoin- 
ing and  a  house  lot  sometime  of  Belteshazer  Willix,  con- 
taining eight  acres,  a  house  lot  sometime  of  John  Tedd's 
which  he  bought  of  Jn°  Legat,  and  two  house  lots  which 


806  OLD  NORFOLK   COUNTY   RECORDS 

were  Henry  Robies,  bought  by  him  of  good.  Littlefield,  and 
20  acres  of  land  near  Stony  brook  belonging  to  these  two 
house  lots,  and  one  house  lot  more  which  was  Henry 
Robie's,  bought  of  Griffin  Montague,  and  the  lots  formerly 
granted  by  the  town  unto  the  aforesaid  house  lots,  con- 
taining in  all  about  eight  acres,  and  three-quarters  of  an 
acre  of  meadow  which  belonged  to  Mr.  Permot's  house, 
and  three-quarters  of  an  acre  of  meadow  which  belonged 
to  Jno.  Tedd's  house  lot,  and  one  acre  and  a  half  of 
meadow  sometime  of  good.  Littlefield's  two  lots,  9;  7: 1650. 
Wit :  Edward  Hilton  and  Jno.  Legatt,  Ack.  by  grantor, 
9:7:  1650,  before  Tho.  Wiggin. 

Execution  against  Charles  Gleeden,  to  satisfy  judg- 
ment of  fifteen  hundred  feet  of  pine  board  at  Lampeele 
River's  usual  lading  place,  and  costs,  granted  Philip 
Greele,  May  30,  1676,  at  county  court  at  Hampton,  dated 
June  17,  1676,  signed  by  Tho.  Bradbury,  rec.  Return 
was  made  by  Henry  Dow,  by  attachment  of  4  3/4  acres 
of  land  at  Lamprele  River,  where  his  house  stands,  ten- 
dered by  Charles  Gleeden,  bounded  by  a  pitch  pine,  small 
heap  of  rocks,  about  6  rods  over  a  run  of  water  and  upon 
a  roadway.     Execution  satisfied,  June  26,  1676. 

Abraham  Brown  of  Salisbury,  weaver,  for  fifteen 
pounds,  conveyed  to  Nath"  Brown  of  Salisbury,  planter, 
one-half  part  of  my  upland,  which  I  formerly  bought  of 
Moses  Worcester  in  Salisbury,  above  the  mill,  being  lot 
fifteen  in  number,  about  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres, 
between  the  lots  of  Sam"  ffelloes  and  Mr.  Jno.  Hodges, 
according  to  original  right,  butting  one  end  upon  the  mill 
brook  and  the  other  upon  a  general  highway,  the  original 
right  of  the  reverend  Mr.  Willi :  Worcester,  sometime 
pastor  of  the  church  at  Salisbury,  now  deceased,  May  29, 
1676.  Wit :  Tho.  Bradbury  and  John  Bradbury.  Ack. 
July  3,  1676,  by  Abram  Brown  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife, 
before  Sam"  Dalton,  commissioner. 

John  Cleford,  jun.,  of  Hampton,  for  a  frame  and  boards 
about  it,  conveyed  to  Israeli  Cleford  of  Hampton,  my 
dwelling  house,  standing  in  the  woods,  upon  part  of  50 
acres  of  land  I  bought  of  Mr.  Sam"  Dalton,  also  one-half 
of  that  fifty  acres  of  upland  in  Hampton,  between  land 
of  Nath"  Batchelder  and  land  commonly  called  Mr.  Ruck's 


OLD  NORFOLK  COUNTY  RECORDS         307 

land;  the  said  fif tie  acres  to  be  equally  divided,  the  sd. 
Israeli  to  have  that  within  fence  and  broke  up  and  that 
end  next  Ruck's  land,  the  whole  breadth  as  far  as  half 
of  lifty  acres  ;  land  lies  above  that  commonly  called  Mr. 
Dalton's  farm,  March  27,  1676.  Wit:  Henry  Dow  and 
Henry  Moulton.  Ack.  by  Jno.  Cleford  and  Sarah  his 
wife,  July  13,  1676,  before  Sam"  Dalton,  commissioner. 
Richard  Scammon,  sen.,  conveyed  to  William  Holdred, 
sen.,  of  same  place,  thirty-five  acres  of  land  where  sd. 
Scammon  dwells,  being  the  same  land  on  which  sd.  Hol- 
dredg  has  built  a  house  and  made  some  improvements, 
formerly  bounded  by  Capt.  Jno.  Gilman  and  Lieut.  Ralfe 
Hall,  both  of  Exiter,  June  5,  1676.  Wit  :  William 
ffifeild  and  Robt.  Wadleigh.  Ack.  by  grantor,  June  7, 
1676,  before  Sam"  Dalton,  commissioner. 

Steven  Kent  of  Haverhill,  yeoman,  for  threescore  and 
ten  pounds,  conveyed  to  Mr.  Edward  Woodman,  sen.,  of 
Nubrie,  about  two  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  upland 
in  Haverhill,  laid  out  first  for  my  third  division,  butting 
upon  the  Merimak  river,  bounded  by  a  cove  which  run- 
neth between  Theophilus  Satchwell  and  said  land,  by 
John  Eyer's  land  with  a  marked  tree  next  the  river  and 
a  white  oak  marked  with  an  S  and  a  great  pine  marked, 
and  fifty  acres  more  of  upland  adjoining  the  upper  end 
of  sd.  land,  running  from  the  east  comer  along  the  head 
of  Jno.  Eyer's  land  to  Spicket  river  (excepting  a  high- 
way) ;  also  another  lot  of  ten  acres  bounded  by  the  up- 
land on  both  sides,  running  into  Mistake  meadow,  with 
all  the  timber  upon  it,  November  21,  1662.  Wit  :  An- 
thony Somerby  and  Abiell  Somerby.  Ack.  by  grantor, 
12:  2:  1664,  before  court  at  Salisbury,  Tho  :  Bradbury, 
rec. 

Abraham  ffitt  of  Ipswich,  planter,  for  twenty-five 
pounds,  conveyed  to  John  Bayly  of  Nubery,  a  two-acre 
meadow  lot  given  to  me  by  my  father,  Robert  ffitt,  by 
will,  being  originally  the  lot  of  Anthony  Sadler,  by  a 
grant  from  town  of  Salisbury,  in  a  place  formerly  called 
ye  boggie  meadow,  joining  to  ffitt's  Neck,  so  called,  from 
a  rock  on  the  upland  at  the  north  to  a  stone  at  the  head 
of  little  creek,  being  a  branch  running  out  of  the  west-, 
eramost  creek  in  the  boggie  meadow,  as  creek  goes  to  the 


308         OLD  NORFOLK  COUNTY  RECORDS 

Merrimack  River,  to  ffitt's  neck,  July  — ,  1675.  Wit : 
Robert  Lord  and  Mary  Lord.  Ack.  by  grantor  and  Re- 
becka,  his  wife,  September  26,  1676,  at  Ipswich  courts 
Robert  Lord,  clerk. 

Edward  Colcord,  sen  :  of  Hampton,  yeoman,  conveyed 
unto  my  oldest  son,  Edward  Colcord,  about  thirty  acrea 
upland  at  north  end  of  Hampton,  going  to  Exiter,  also 
one  share  cow  common,  one  share  ox  common,  together 
with  half  my  marsh  at  the  spring,  the  whole  marsh  being 
about  seventeen  acres,  Oct.  14,  1676.  Wit:  Seaborn 
Cotton  and  George  Pearson.  Ack.  by  grantor,  14  :  8  : 
1676,  before  Sam"  Dalton,  commissioner. 

Jno.  Wheeler  of  Nubery,  for  thirty  pounds,  conveyed 
to  Edward  Woodman,  sen.,  of  Nubery,  about  four  acres 
meadow  and  six  acres  upland,  both  in  Salisbury,  bounded 
by  Merimack  River  and  the  land  of  Mr.  Hooke,  February 
18,  1666.  Wit:  Anthony  Somerby,  Richard  Bartlett  and 
James  [his  J  O  mark]  Ordaway.  Ack.  Nov.  14,  1676,. 
at  court  at  Salisbury,  Tho  :  Bradbury,  rec. 

Ephraim  Winsly  and  Mary,  his  wife  [her  M  mark]  of 
Salisbury,  for  thirty  pounds,  mortgaged  to  Jno.  Knight  of 
Nuberie  two  parcels  of  land  in  Salisbury,  a  higly  pigly 
lot  by  fox  Hand,  as  it  was  laid  out  by  order  of  the  town 
for  3  acres,  bounded  by  a  creek,  Wm.  Chandler's  lot, 
seven  acres  more  of  tide  meadow,  next  the  meadow  some- 
time of  John  Rolf  towards  the  flatts.  But  if  the  afore- 
said seven  acres  of  meadow  fall  not  into  the  hands  of  sd. 
Winsly  in  four  years  after  this  date,  then  John  Knight 
shall  use  about  seven  acres  of  meadow  which  lies  between 
two  creeks  which  butts  on  the  houselott  sometime  of 
Georg  Carr,  commonly  called  the  middle  pasture,  which 
piece  of  meadow  sd.  Knight  shall  enjoy  till  aforesaid 
seven  acres  lying  by  John  Rolf's  comes  into  the  hands  of 
sd.  Winsly ;  to  be  paid  at  his  now  dwelling  house,  in  neat 
cattle  under  8  or  9  years  old,  bulls  excepted,  and  wheat, 
barley  or  pork.  May  20,  1673.  Wit:  William  Buswell 
and  Isaac  Buswell.  Ack.  by  grantor  and  Mary,  his  wife^ 
May  27,  1675,  before  Robert  Pike,  commissioner. 

(To  he  continued) 


PETITION  FOR  PROTECTION  OF  MARBLEHEAD 
HARBOR,  1727. 


To  the  Honourable  William  Dummer  Esquire  Lieuten- 
ant Governour  of  his  Majesties  Province  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Bay  in  New  England  and  to  the  Honourable  the 
Gentlemen  of  His  Majesties  Council,  and  to  the  Honour- 
able house  of  Representatives  in  General  Court  Assem- 
bled, The  Petition  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Towne  of 
Marblehead,  humbly  sheweth 

That  whereas  there  hath  a  Petition  of  this  Tenour  been 
lately  presented  to  this  Honourable  General  Court,  signed 
by  the  Select  Men  of  the  said  Towne,  pursuant  to  a  Vote 
of  the   Towne   impowering   them   thereunto  which  said 

Petition  has  been    rejected We  think  it  therefore  our 

Duty  both  to  Our  Selves  and  to  our  Country,  once  more 
humbly,  to  offer,  That  Whereas  the  Harbour  of  the  said 
Marblehead,  which  is  of  so  great  Importance  to  the  gen- 
erall  Trade,  and  what  this  Honourable  Court  justly  es- 
teems the  true  staple  of  the  Country,  is  in  utmost  Danger 
of  being  Ruined,  by  the  seas  breaking  in  upon  it  at  the 
Western  End,  which  will  in  a  few  years  render  it  unsafe 
for  any  Vessells  riding  in  it ;  And  in  as  much  as  the  said 
Town  of  Marblehead  is  not  of  AbiKty  to  repair  and  de- 
fend the  same  from  the  Encroachments  of  the  Sea We 

therefore  humbly  renew  Our  said  Petition  and  in  the 
Strongest  Terms  ;  and  with  the  most  importunate  Address 
would  intreat  the  Fathers  of  Our  Country,  again  to  take 
it  into  their  most  serious  Consideration  and  compassion- 
ately to  Regard  so  great  and  necessary  an  Interest  of  this 
Country,  and  according  to  your  knowne  Wisdome  and 
Goodness  undertake  the  Security  of  so  valluable  a  Har 
hour ;  That  the  Present  Damages  may  be  repaired,  and 
the  like  be  prevented  for  the  Future  This  Our  Petition 
is  grounded  upon  weighty  Reasons,  being  First — The 
Exceeding  Commodiousness  and  usefulness  of  the  said 
Harbour  as  it  is  A  Capacious  Harbour ;  Has  a  Fine  open 
entrance  from  the  Sea ;  Has  good  Anchorage  ;  is  of  bold 

(309) 


810  PETITION   FOR   PROTECTION 

and  Easy  access — , Without  Tide  to  disturb  a  Vessell ;  A 
general  safety  to  Embayed  Vessells  in  a  Storme  ;  The 
Special  Seat  of  one  of  the  greatest  Branches  of  Our 
Trade,  And  is  nearly  Scituated  to  the  grand  Merchandize 
of  Boston  —Upon  all  which  Accounts  there  is  no  Harbour 
in  the  Country  that  can  claim  the  Preference,  and  there- 
fore none  more  worthy  of  the  Care  of  this  great  Assem- 
bly. 

Secondly — The  absolute  necessity  of  something  being 
done  for  the  Preservation  of  the  said  Harbour.  The 
Harbour  is  made  by  a  Narrow  beach  of  sand  and  Ballast 
Stones  joyning  an  high  Neck  of  Land,  to  the  Town,  at 
the  Western  End  Many  now  living  can  remember  when 
this  Beach  has  been  much  covered  with  Trees,  Shrubs, 
and  Grass,  which  are  all  now  worn  away — Storms  of  late 
Years  especially  that  in  February  24,  1722/8  have  made 
a  thorrow  passage  over  it,  in  several  places,  and  of  great 
Width — The  great  storme  in  September  last  had  like  to 
have  carryed  some  of  Our  Vessells  over  it,  and  had  un- 
doubtedly so  had  it  been  a  high  spring — A  few  Years 
more  must  needs  make  the  Beach  a  Constant  thoroughfare 
for  the  sea,  For  that  at  the  very  Time  of  the  Rejection 
of  Our  said  Petition  in  one  Tide  the  sea  Ran  over  it  with 
a  Current  more  than  one  hundred  feet  in  one  place  in 
Breadth  and  generally  two  feet  deep  ;  giving  us  the  most 
just  Fears  of  the  Speedy  absolute  Destruction  of  the  said 
Harbour,  because  it  cannot  be  long  before  the  Common 
Tides  will  go  through  the  said  Beach,  as  well  as  the 
Springs ;  When  the  said  Harbour  will  become  Nothing 
better  than  an  Open  Road,  And  whenever  a  Storme  shall 
happen  to  put  any  Vessels  from  their  Anchor  they  will 
be  unavoidably  carryed  over  the  Beach  from  whence  nec- 
essarily will  follow  the  Loss  of  the  Vessells  and  the 
Death  of  the  People  There  being  Nothing  to  take  them 
up  but  hideous  Rocks,  and  the  Wild  Nahant  Beech — By 
which  Means  all  the  present  Advantages  of  this  Vallu- 
able  Harbour  for  Trade  and  fishery  will  be  wholly  de- 
stroyed ; — No  Owner  will  chance  that  his  Vessell  shall 
Ride  is  so  insecure  a  Place. 

Thirdly — The  Incapacity  of  the  Towne  of  Marble  Head 
to  prevent  this  generall  Loss — The  charge  of  the  Defence 


OF   MARBLEHEAD   HARBOR  Sll 

from  the  sea  and  the  Repairs  amounting  to  Vastly  more 
than  the  Town  can  possibly  sustain  And  'tis  the  well 
known  Constant  Practice  of  the  English  Nation  agreeable 
to  their  Constitution,  to  look  upon  all  the  Valluable 
harbours  as  the  care  of  the  Publick,  and  by  a  National 
Act  to  Repair  and  defend  them. 

And  whereas  the  said  Harbour  lyes  entirely  open  and 
defenceless,  We  do  further  humbly  Petition  that  there 
naay  be  a  small  fortification  erected  in  some  convenient 
place  for  the  security  of  the  general  Trade  of  the  Prov- 
ince, and  to  prevent  other  inconviency  which  may  arise 
from  so  open  an  Harbour. 

The  Reasons  of  which  Petition  are  as  followeth  being 
First  That  the  Wisdom  of  this  great  and  General  Court 
saw  it  needfuU  to  erect  a  small  Battery  formerly  accord- 
ing to  the  Plan  of  His  Majesties  Ingineer  Collonel  Romer, 
which  being  made  of  Wood  is  long  since  gone  to  decay. 

Secondly — That  no  Place  in  the  knowne  world  of  the 
same  Importance  and  Trade  is  left  so  wholly  unguarded. 

Thirdly — While  the  Harbour  is  thus  open,  any  small 
Privateer  in  Time  of  Warr,  or  Pyrate  in  peace  may  insult 
and  destroy  the  shipping,  the  Fishery,  and  the  Towne  and 
retire  undisturbed — 

Fourthly — No  infectious  Vessell  can  at  present  be 
stoped  in  her  Entrance  nor  any  be  prevented  from  running 
away,  or  Eloping — All  which  seems  to  require  a  suitable 
Guard  and  defence  for  a  Harbour  where  there  is  often 
from  Ten  to  Twenty  sail  of  Ships  of  Trade,  besides  more 
than  an  hundred  Sail  of  Fishing  Vessells — In  considera- 
tion of  all  which  your  Petitioners  as  aforesaid  humbly 
pray  that  this  their  Petition  may  be  granted  and  your 
Petitioners  as  in  Duty  Bound  shall  ever  pray  &c. 

(Signed)  John  Stacey,  Jonathan  Procktor,  William 
Man,  Charles  Wheden,  David  Furnis,  Thomas  Mane, 
John  Aish,  John  Reed,  William  Goodwin,  Nathaniell 
Bartlett,  Jr.,  Henry  Tewkesbury,  David  Parker,  Richard 
Trevett,  Benjamin  James,  Joseph  Smith,  Thomas  Caven- 
dish, John  Trevett,  Joseph  Waldron,  Greenfield  Hooper, 
Isaac  Turner,  James  Pearson,  Erasmus  James,  John 
Rounday,  Joseph  Galson,  Nathaniell  Norden,  John  Galley, 
Azor  Gale,  John  Homan,  William  Bartlett,  Joseph  Mors, 


812  PETITION  FOR  PROTECTION 

Benjamin  Stacey,  Stephen  Minot,  Joseph  Smethurst,  John 
Palmer,  Joseph  HoUet,  Abraham  Howard,  Joseph  Carder, 
Eben  Taylor,  William  Peach,  John  Pousland,  Elias  Hen- 
ly,  Samuel  Gale,  Richard  Reith,  John  Waldron,  Ebenezer 
Stacey,    John  White,    Andrew  Tucker,    Isaac    Mansfield, 

William  Bartlett,  John  Trefry,  Daniel  Felton,  John , 

Giles  Ivimy,  Samuell  Brimblecome,  Joseph  Andrews, 
Ebenezer  Hawkes,  Nicholas  Andrews,  James  Galley, 
Thomas  Wood,    John  Baily,    Thomas    Kemball,  Mathieu 

,  John  Taskir,  George  Minot,  John  Banister,  David 

Furness,  Christopher  Twisden,  John  Gall,  Joseph  Gale, 
Richard  Courtis,  Danell  Maley,  John  Croof,  Thomas  Ro- 
gas,  Richard  Pedrick,  Richerd  Rusell,  Robert  Lenord, 
Georg  Oaks,  John  Chin,  John  Smith,  Joseph  White, 
Peter  Briggs,  James  Perry  man,  Samuell  Webber,  Jona- 
than Rackwood,  John  Dodd  Senior,  John  Dodd  Junior, 
Samuell  Stacey,  Samuell  Stacey  Junior,  Bartholomew 
Jackson,  Samuell ,  Jonathan  Thomson,  Francis  Bow- 
den,  Robert  Bull,  Benjamin  Pix,  William  Cruff,  Thomas 

Furnis,  Andrew ,  William  Jones,  Jonathan  Phillips, 

Joseph  Breed,  Joseph  Stacey,  Robert  Swan,  Michael  Bas- 
set, Samuel  Bowden,  Joseph  Blaney,  Jacob  Fowl,  Sam- 
uell Harris,  John  Crafft,  William  Crafft. 

In  the  House  of  Representatives  January  15th  1727 
Read  and  Ordered  that  Mr.  John  Torey  Major  Turner 
and  Collonel  Gorham  with  such  as  the  Honourable  Board 
shall  Appoint  be  a  Committee  at  the  Charge  of  the  Peti- 
tioners to  repair  to  the  Town  of  Marblehead  that  they 
Carefully  View  the  Harbour  in  the  several  parts  thereof 
as  well  as  the  Beach  and  Breaches  made  or  likely  to  be 
made  therein  that  they  report  their  Opinion  as  soon  as 
may  be  of  what  may  be  proper  for  this  Court  to  do  in 
Answere  thereto. 

Sent  up  for  Concurrence     William  Dudley  Speaker. 

In  Council  January  16,  1727  ;  Read  and  Concurred, 
and  Samuell  Thaxter  Esquire  and  Spencer  Phips  Esquire 
are  joined  in  the  Affair. 

Josiah  Willard  Secretary. 
Mass.  Archives,  vol.  113,  p.  7^2. 


INDEX 


Abbott,  Amos,  242. 

Nehemiah,  83. 
Abbott  hall,  86. 
Abeel,  Edward,  32. 
Abraham,  Wood  ward , 

86. 
Acors,  Thomas,  288. 
Adams,   Addams,  24, 
88,  90,  91,  92,  93, 
94,  96,  287. 
Benjamin,  224. 
Char  lesFrancis,  164. 
E.  A.,  &  Co.,  15. 
Edwin  H.,  62. 
J.,  28,  91. 
Mary  Abbie,  62. 
Mary  J.  (Jennings), 

62. 
Olive  Abbie(Howe), 

62. 
Samuel,  30. 
Sasanna,  266. 
Thomas  H.,  62. 
Addington,       Ading- 
ton,  Isaac,  71,  74, 
75,  77,  78,  79, 158, 
160,  208,  300. 
Air,Eyer,Eyers,John, 
223,  302,  307. 
Sarah,  223. 
Zachery,  302. 
Aish,  John,  311. 

Allen,  Allin, ,210, 

286. 
Benjamin,  35,  305. 
Ezra  F.,  46. 
James,  46. 
James,  jr.,  46. 
Joan,  268,  272,  278. 
Live,  285. 
Louis,  75,  76. 
Mary,  287. 
Onesiphorus,  221. 
Samuel,  222. 
Samuel,     sr.,    211, 

212,  222. 
William,    268,    272, 
273. 


AUwords, ,  287. 

American    Historical 
Association,    169. 
American  Library  As- 
sociation, 169. 
Ames,   Eames,  Alex- 
ander, 58. 
Daniel,  297. 
Miranda  (Howe), 58. 
Robert,  297. 
Amesbury,  299,    300, 
301. 

Ammidon, ,  12. 

Amwell,Eng.,  267,272. 
Andover,  242.243,244. 
Andover  Academy  & 
Theological  Sem- 
inary, 243. 

Andrews,    ,    202, 

203. 
John,  297. 
Joseph,  297,  312. 
Nicholas,   157,    158, 

159,  302. 
Thomas,  297. 
William,  86. 
Anger,  Elizabeth, 234. 
George,  234. 
John,  234. 
Appleton,       Edward, 
248. 

Armstrong, ,  91. 

Gen.,  12. 
Arnold,  Gen.,  29,  SI. 

Benedict,  82. 
Ash,  see  Aish. 
Ashby,  Hannah,  146. 
Ashton,  Joseph,  76. 
Aston,  Eng.,  239,  240, 
265,  266,  276,  278. 

Athol, ,  95. 

Atkinson,    Theodore, 

sr.,  804. 
Auger,Aundger,  Aun- 

ger, ,  277. 

Elizabeth,  277. 
Judith,  277. 
Sarah,  277. 


Auger,  Thomas,  277. 
Austin,    Calvin,    120, 

121,  122. 
Averill,    Caroline  A., 
62. 
Ephraim,  62. 
Lydia  Symonds(Pot- 
ter),  62. 

Avery,   ,   26,    30, 

91,  92,  93,  94. 
J.,  27. 
Ayer,  see  Air. 

Babb,  Drusilla  J.,  61. 
Babbige,  Mary,  287. 
Babcock,  David,  137. 
Bacon,   Backen,  Abi- 
gail, 291. 

Adoniram,  290. 

Sarah,  284. 

Sarah  (Collins),  290. 

William,  290. 
Bangs,  Allen,  jr.,  187. 

Bains,   Baynes,   , 

285. 

Robert,  233. 
Bailey,  Balie,  Bayley, 
Bayly,  Elizabeth, 
59,  224. 

Guydo,  42. 

Isaac,  302,  303. 

John,  59,    224,  301, 
303,  307,  812. 

Judith  (Howe),   59. 

Oliver,  59. 

Roger,  231. 

William,  216. 
Baker,  Bacer,  Backer, 

Bakar,    ,   35, 

285,  287. 

Capt.,  182. 

Cornelius,  .38,  43. 

Daniel,  187. 

David,  58. 

Edward,  60. 

Esther,  60. 

Gideon,  35. 

Kelley  &  Co.,  187. 

(313) 


I 


814 

Baker,  Loran  E.,  138. 

Paulina,  60. 

Polly  (Howe),  58. 

Sarah,  35. 

Thomas,  101. 
Baker  &  Howes,  187. 
Balch,Rebecca(Stone) 
108. 

Samuel,  77. 
Bald  hill,  99-102. 
Baldwin,  Loammi,89, 
243. 

Baler, ,  227. 

Ballard, ,  96. 

Bannister,  John,  312. 

Sarah,  286. 

Thomas,  268. 
Barber,  Barbour, 

Capt.,  125. 

Betty,  284,  291. 

Eliner,  284,  291. 

Marian,  284. 

Samuel,  124. 
Barker,  Daniel,  224. 

Mary,  224. 

Barlow, ,  175. 

Barnard,  Anna,  216. 

John,  216. 
Barnard  &    Richard- 
son, 127. 
Barney,  Joshna,  243. 
Barrow,  Sarah,  65. 
Bartholomew,      Han- 
nah, 281. 
Bartlett,  Bartlet,  Ich- 
abod,  194. 

Nathaniel,  jr.,  311. 

Nicholas,  37. 

Richard,  308. 

Robert,  72,  73,  74, 
75,  77,  78,  205, 
206,  207. 

William,  311,  312. 

Bascom, ,  96. 

Bass,  J.  W.,  131. 
Bass  river,  217. 
Basset,  Michael,  312. 
Batchelder,     Bacbel- 
der,       Bacheller, 

Bachildar,     , 

92,  287. 

Capt.,  284. 

John,  280. 

Josiab,  92. 

Josiah,  jr.,  29. 


INDEX 

Batchelder,  Nathan- 
iel, 306. 
Phyllis,  287. 
Steven,  298. 
Batchelder's     brook, 

59. 
Batter,  Edmond,  218. 
Bayley,  see  Bailey. 
Baynes,  see  Baines. 
Beach,  George  F.,  66. 
Lydia  (Howe),  66. 
Beacham,     see      Bir- 

cham. 
Beadle,Hannah(HilI), 
37. 
Samuel,  37. 
Beal,  Mary  Ann,  60. 

Beard, ,  304. 

Hannah,  223. 
Bearse,  Capt.,  182. 
Bee,  Albert,  127. 
Belcher,  Andrew,  75, 

76,  167,  159,  203. 
Belknap,         Henry 
Wyckofe,  225,266. 
Bell  &  Brown,  18. 
Bell  Tavern,  97. 
Benner,      Brown     & 

Pinckney,  183. 
Bennett,  Bennet,  Aa- 
ron, 35,  222. 
Anthony,  217. 
John,  106. 
John,   see  Burnap, 

John. 
William,  220. 
Bennington,Eng.  ,239, 
240,  265,  266,  278. 
Benson,  Eunice,   284. 
Jeptha,  61. 
Sylvia,  61. 
Bent,  Clarissa,  61. 
Bentley,  Dr.,  293,  296. 

William,  296. 
Bergh,  Christian,  18. 
Beson,  Edward,   231. 
Beverly,   33,   98,  102- 

111,  209,  222. 
Bickford,       Eleazer, 

196. 
Bigge,  John,  240. 
Sibble,  240. 
Thomas,  240. 
Biksef,  Joshua,  85. 


Biles,  Elizabeth,  105. 

Elizabeth    (Patch), 
104.     . 

Jonathan,   104,  105. 

Nicholas,  104. 

Richard,  104. 
Bircham,Edward,271. 
Bird,  Submit,  63. 

Thomas,  53. 
Birely  &  Son,  114. 
Bishop,  Bridget,   163. 

John,  211. 

Mary,  286. 

Townsend,  218. 
Bisson,  Joshua,  43. 
Bixby,  George,  297. 

Joseph,  jr.,  297. 

Joseph,  sr.,  297. 
Black,  Daniel,  297. 

John,  35,  38,  41. 

John,  jr.,  38. 

John,  sr.,  38. 

Nathaniel,  85. 
Blackleach,       Black- 
leech,  ,  216. 

John,  217-219. 

John,  sr.,  216. 
Blackleaeh's       pond, 

210. 
Blackler,  William,  80, 

85. 
Blackman,       Abigail 
(Howe),  53. 

John,  53. 
Blackstone,       Capt., 
198. 

Edward,  194. 

H.  A.,  197. 

Herbert  A.,  197. 
Blaisdell,  E.  S.,  114. 
Blake,  Deborah,   308. 

George,  297. 

Jasper,  303. 

Joshua,  13. 

Patience,  57. 
Blanchard,      Samuel, 

113. 
Blaney,  John,  72. 

Joseph,  312. 
Blunt,  Elizabeth,  223. 
Blynman,       Richard, 

148. 
Boardman,  Fannie  J., 
65. 


INDEX 


315 


Bod  well,  Erland  Hant, 
63. 
Frank  Quinby,  63. 
Franklin  Clyde,  63. 
Fred  Potter,  63. 
Roth  Eliza  (Howe), 
63. 
Bolton,Theodore,293. 
Bond,  Dr.,  31. 
Borden,  Capt.,  23. 
Boston,   12,   70,    146, 

148,  243,  304. 
Boteler,  John,  240. 
Boalter,      Nathaniel, 

800,  305. 
Boors,  Abigail  (Haz- 
ard), 82. 
Peter,  82. 
Bowdoin,         Boodin, 
Bowden,  Bowdin, 

,96,   285-287. 

Francis,  312. 
James,  94. 
Michael,  72. 
Samuel,  312. 
Sarah,  286. 
Bowen,    Bowin,    Ed- 
ward, 86. 
Martha,  286. 
Boxford,  297. 
Boyd  «fc  Hin«ken,   21. 
Boyle,   Boiles,   Boill, 

Boils,     ,     12, 

287. 
Jonathan,  47,  100. 
Mary       (Babbige), 

287. 
Thomas,  287. 
Boyle's  hill,  100. 
Boynton,  Abigail,223. 
Jemima,  223. 
Jeremy,  224. 
John,  223. 
Moses,  223. 
Samnel    Augustus, 

62. 
SarahMaria(Howe), 

62. 
Zerviah,  224. 
Brackenbury,   Brack- 

enberrie, ,  99, 

100. 
Dorcas,  40,  47. 
John,  40,  47. 
Richard,  40, 47, 102, 
104,  105. 


Bradbury,    Ann,   304. 
John,  306. 
Sarah,  304. 
Thomas,    298,    299, 

301,  303-308. 
William,  299. 
Wymond,  304. 
Bradford,  Capt.,  96. 
Josephine  W.,  62. 
Robert,  48, 100, 103. 
Bradlee,    Francis    B. 
C,    1,    113,     177, 
241. 
Bradstreet,  Gov.,  170. 
Anne,  163. 
Simon,  300. 

Brand, ,  228. 

Brandon,  Ireland, 293. 
Brattle,  Edward,  71, 

204,  207. 
Bray,     Joseph,     276, 
277, 
Richard,  238,  277. 
Sarah,  238,  276. 
Sarah(Burnap),277. 
Breed,  Alice,  146. 

Joseph,  312. 
Brewster,  Capt.,  13. 
Bridges,         Bredges, 
Obadiah,  206. 
Robert,  269. 

Briggo, ,  287. 

Briggs,  Peter,  312. 
Brimblecom,Brimbel- 
oom,  Bri  mbilcom, 
Brimbilcom, 
Brimb  1  e  c  o  m  e  , 
Charity,  286. 
Molly,  285. 
Samuel,  287,  312. 
Sarah.  285. 
Brimsdon,  Robert,  48. 

Britten, ,  288. 

Ed.,  288. 
Broadbank,   see  Bur- 
bank. 
Broadden,  Sarah,  284. 
Brock,  Elizabeth,150. 
Brocket,  Broket, 

Mary,  284. 
Molly,  292. 
Brocklebank,  Asa,  54. 

Mary  (Howe),  54. 
Brooke,  Lord,  269. 

Brooks,  Brook,  , 

287. 


Brooks,  John  W.,  248. 

Mary,  145. 
Brower,  Etta,  46. 

Brown,  Browne, , 

89,  168. 

Dr.,  89,  93,  94. 

Lt.,  302. 

Abraham,  305,  306. 

Ann,  285. 

Charles,  196. 

Elizabeth,  306. 

Francis,  223. 

Hannah,  281,  288. 

Hannah  (Bartholo- 
mew), 281. 

Henry,  301,  304. 

George  K.,  196. 

James,  281,  282. 

Jenne  (Falch),  153. 

Jeremiah,  153. 

Jeremiah,  jr..   111. 

John,    72,   73,   267, 
273,  298. 

John,  sr.,  303. 

Nathaniel,  297,  306. 

Perley  R.,  196. 

Sarah,  273. 

Thomas,  238. 

William,  37,  38,  42, 
43,  45. 
Brown  &  Bell,  18. 
Brown  &  Robie,  197. 
Brown  &  Wentworth, 

197. 
Broxbourne,Eng.,231. 
Broxten,  Carter,  25. 
Buby,  John,  292. 
Buck,  Harriet  L.,  61. 
Buckman,  Daniel,110. 
Budlam,  SallyAdams, 

57. 
Bull,  Robert,  312. 
Bunker,  Capt.,  199. 
Bnrbank,  Broadbank, 
, 281. 

Caleb,  224. 

John,  282. 

Margaret,  224. 

Sasannah  (Merrill), 
282 

Timothy,  281,  282. 

Burk,    Burke,     , 

287. 

Thomas,  32. 
Burley,  Abbie  W.,64. 


316 


INDEX 


Barnam, ,  287. 

John,  284. 
Burnap,  Burnape, 
Burnapp,  Bur- 
nappe,  Burnatt, 
Burnepp,  Bur- 
nett, Burnitt, 
Burnop.Burnopp, 

Burnott, ,225, 

238. 

Abraham,  236,  266- 
267. 

Ann,  269,  272,  273. 

Anna,  280. 

Anne,  268,  274. 

Anne  (Cater),  278. 

Annis,  274. 

Alice,  231-235,  274. 

Alice(Cramphorne ), 
230. 

Bethiah,  280. 

Caesar,  266. 

Daniel,  267. 

Dorothy,  235,  267. 

Ebenezer,  280. 

Edward,  268,  274. 

Elizabeth,  275,  276, 
277,  280. 

Ellen,  266. 

Ellen  (Young),  240. 

Esther,  280. 

Hester,  280. 

Isaac,  266,  267,  268, 
274,  280. 

Jacob,  266,  267, 275, 
280. 

Joan,  237-239. 

Joan  (Hellam),  237. 

Joanna,  227,  231, 
234-236. 

Joanna  (Nobbys), 
226,  231. 

Joh'es,  240. 

John,  228,  230-232, 
234-240,  265-268, 
274-278,  280. 

Joseph,  266,  267, 
273,  280. 

Judith,  239,  277. 

Margaret  (Davis), 
268. 

Maria,  278. 

Marie,  239. 

Mary,  236,  238,  239, 
278-280. 


Burnap,  Mary  (Elliot), 
237. 
Mary  (Peerson),279. 
Richard,  268,  274. 
Robart,  236-239,267- 

274,  278-280. 
Robert,  sr.,  268,269, 

271. 
Ruth,  275-277. 
Samuel,237-239,275- 

278. 
Sarah,  225, 236,  239, 
267,  274-277,  280. 
Susan,  266. 
Susanna     (Adams), 

266. 
Thomas,       225-239, 
265-270,     272-275, 
277-280. 
Thomas,    jr.,     228, 

230,  231. 
Thomas,     sr.,    227, 
228,  229,  232,  274, 
277. 
Thomasin,  231,  234, 

235. 
William,  231,  235. 
Burns,  see  Byrnes. 

Burrill,  Burrell, , 

284. 
John,  160,  204. 
Bursley,  Ira,  13. 
John,  305. 

Burt, ,  279. 

Burying  Point,  88. 

Bush, ,  95. 

Bushnell,     Charlotte 
(Smith),  63. 
Hannah,  146. 
Jedediah,  63. 
Mary,  63. 
Buswell,  Bussell,  Bu- 
zell,  Isaac,  308. 
John,  297. 
Samuel,  297. 
William,   301,    302, 
304,  308. 
Butler,  Cyrus,  194. 

Peter,  181. 
Butolph,      Buttolph, 
John,  288. 
Sarah    (Pickering), 
288. 
Butterficld, ,  79. 


Byrnes,    Grimble    & 

Co.,  16. 
Byron,  Admr.,  26. 

Caesar,    Sir  Charles, 

266. 
Caldwell,  Capt.,  15. 
Calef,  Robert,  11. 
Caliga,  Isaac  H.,  81. 
Calley, ,  202. 

Capt.,  203. 

James,  312. 

John,  157,  311. 

Lydia,  145. 
Callym,  Lydia,  286. 
Cambridge,  Eng.,  235, 

239,  278. 
Candig,  Sarah,  284. 
Canford,  Col.,  95. 
Cann,  Mary,  265. 
Canso,  104. 
Cantabury,    William, 

291. 
Canterbury,  Eng.,266, 

274. 
Cape  Ann  Side,  98. 
Cape  Sable,  109. 
Card,  Nabby,  286. 
Carder,  Joseph,  312. 

Sarah,  82. 
Carey,  Cary, ,  95. 

Arthur,  297. 

David  E.,  250. 
Cardye,  John,  240. 

Carlyle, ,  167. 

Carmichael, ,28,94 

Carnally, ,  285. 

Games, ,  92. 

Carr,  George,  299,308. 
Carter,  Nathan,  262. 
Carver,  Richard,  301. 
Casell,  Mary,  284, 292. 

Casey, ,  7,  285. 

Cash,  Mary,  286. 

Sarah,  145. 
Cass,  John,  298. 

Martha,  298. 

Caswell, ,  285. 

Cater,  Anne,  278. 
Cavendish,     Thomas, 

311. 
Cawley, ,  158. 

Capt.,  159,  160. 
Ohadbourne,     Lewis 
G.,  67. 


INDBX 


317 


Chadbonrne,  Susan 
Evelyn   (Todd) 
Howe,  67. 
Chadwick,  John,  297. 

Chambar, ,  287. 

Chandler,      William, 

301,  308. 
Chapman,     Deborah, 
59. 
Robert,  229,  284. 
Charlestown,    Mass., 

280. 
Chase,  Bette  (Falch), 
153. 
Thomas,  153. 
Chatman,     Margaret, 
286. 
Stephen,  285. 
Chatterton,John,  230. 
Chauncy,  Henry,  265. 

Oheever,  ,  39,  40. 

Ellen,38,  40,  41,43, 

44,  45,  47. 
Ellen        (Eleanor) 

(Lathrop),  108. 
Ezekiel,  38,  40,   41, 
43,  44,  45,  47  ,108. 
Thomas,  39. 
Cheney,  Abigail 

(Howe)     Durgin, 
55. 
Mary,  62. 
Moses,  55. 
Cheynow,      Thomas, 

227. 
Chickley,     Anthony, 

298. 
Chipman,    Elizabeth, 
146. 
F.  H.,  179. 

Chisholm,   ,    131, 

140. 
Chitman,  Betty,  284. 

Elizabeth,  292. 
Choate,  William  Gard- 
ner, 165. 
Chubb's  creek,  209. 
Chnbb's  point,  219. 
Cilley,Lydia(French), 

162. 
Clapp,  Elizabeth,  54. 
Clark,  Clarke,  Clearke, 

,  25,  285. 

Ebenezer,  224. 
George,  288. 
Hobart,  242. 


Clark,  Jacob,  63. 
John,  199,  200,  208. 
Joseph  D.,  59. 
Prudence,  63. 
Prudence      (Stow), 

63. 
Samuel,  48. 
Sarah  (Laska),  283. 
Sarah  M.   (Howe), 

59. 
Susanna,  48,  224. 
Thomas,  269. 
William,  48,  104. 
Clark,  Jones  «fc   Co., 

142. 
Cleaveland,       Cleav- 

land, ,  29,  30. 

Abigail,  224. 
Cleaves,  Cleavs.Eben- 
ezer,  108. 
William,  36,  47,  48, 
49,  100,  105,  106. 
Clements,   E.   Frank- 
lin, 138. 
N.  K.,  138. 
Cleford,   Israel,    306, 
307. 
John,  307. 
John,  jr.,  306. 
Sarah,  307. 
Clone,  Mary,  285. 
Clough,    Fred  Earle, 
67. 
John,  299. 
Josephine     Eldred 

(Howe),  67. 
Leroy  H.,  67. 
Leroy  Herbert,  jr., 
67. 
Clouston,     Margaret, 
155. 
Thomas,  155. 
Clyde,  Thomas,  182. 
Cobb,  Francis,  114. 

William  T.,  121. 
Cobham,  Josiah,  298. 
Coburn,         Coburne, 
Amelia  P.,  66. 
Peter,  58. 
Polly  (Howe),  58. 
Robert,  39. 
Cockrill,  Cokrill,  Sa- 
rah, 291,  292. 
Cockron,  Dr.,  95. 
Codie, ,  102,  110. 


Codner,  John,  72. 
Coffin,  Benjamin  W., 
154. 
Lucy  GofE  (Falch), 
154. 
Colby,  Capt.,  134,  135. 
Colcord,  Edward,  303, 
305. 
Edward,    sr.,     303, 
305,  308. 

Cole, ,  102. 

Benjamin,  215. 
Estelle,  65. 
Sarah,  215. 
Stephen,  196. 
William,  284. 

Coleridge, ,  295. 

Samuel  Taylor,  296. 
Collier,  Collyar,   Col- 

yar, ,  229,286. 

Ruth,  284,  285. 
Thomas,  285. 
Collins,       Adoniram, 
281,  282,  287,  290. 
Charity   (Morgain), 

287. 
E.  K.,  16. 
Elizabeth,  290. 
Hannah,    281,    283, 

288,  290. 
Hannah       (Picker- 
ing), 282,  290. 
John,  80. 

Mary,  284,  290,  291. 
Mary  (Ward),  282. 
Pickering,  284,  287, 

290. 
Sarah,  290. 
William,  290. 
Collum,  John,  290. 
Compton,  Annie 

(Howe),  68. 
Frank  E.,  68. 
Comstock,  Peter,  191- 
193. 

Comyns, ,  277. 

Conant,  J.  Coggin,55. 
Condry,  Dennis,  261. 
Constable,     Andrew, 

304. 
Converse,       Convers, 

James,  71,  270. 
Cook,  Caleb,  147. 
Margaret,   145,  285. 


818 


INDEX 


Coombes,       Coomes 
Michael,  80,  208. 
Cooper,  Dr.,  96,  97. 

John,  28. 
Cope,  Thomas  P.,  28. 
Corliss,    Samuel    B., 

250. 
Cornell,  Margaret,  62. 
Corning, ,  101. 

Bowman,  137. 

Daniel,  107. 

Samuel,  107,  212. 

Samuel,  sr.,  86,  48, 
100. 
Corwin,  Capt.,  290. 

George,  108,  269. 
Cotton,  John,  269. 

Seaborn,  308. 

Cottrell, ,  198. 

Cowdrey,       William, 
270. 

Cowel, ,  95. 

Coy,  John,  220,  221. 
Coy  pond,  72. 
Coyle,  John  B.,  133. 
Crackbon,  L.,  131,141. 

Craft,     Crafft,     , 

168. 

John,  312. 

William,  312. 
Crage,  Dr.,  91. 
Cram,  John,  299. 
Cramp,     William    & 

Co.,  127. 
Cramphorne, ,230. 

Alice,  230,  233. 

Alice,  sr.,  230. 

Daniel,  236,  239. 

Marie,  236. 

Mary  (Burnap),  286, 
2S9. 

Craneh, ,  89. 

Crane,   Edward,   248, 
257. 

Jonathan,  248. 
Crapo,  Capt.,  75. 
Craw,  Sarah,  291. 
Crawley,  Francis,  272. 
Crevecoeur,  St.  Jean 

de,  11,  12. 
Croel,  Lydia,  147. 
Cross,  Abigail,  287. 

John,  222. 

Stephen,  93. 
Crow,  Hannah,  285. 

Sarah,  286. 


CrufE,    Croof,    John, 
812. 

William,  812. 

Curklin, ,  29. 

Currier,  Richard,  301. 

Thomas,  300. 
Currier  &  Townsend, 

1,  10. 
Curtis,  Courtis,   Cur- 
tiss,         Curtisse, 

Curtice, ,  266, 

287. 

Ephraim,  297. 

Hannah,  284. 

Hepsibah,  150. 

J.  O.,  142. 

John,  79,  80,  150. 

John,  sr.,  78. 

Mary  (Look),  150. 

Richard,  312. 

Sarah,  287. 

Zaccheus,   150,  297. 
Cushing, ,  93, 126. 

Caleb,  90. 

Edward,  119,  137. 

Cnshman, ,  61. 

Cutler,  Elizabeth 

(Felch),  150. 

Thomas,  150. 
Cutting,  Francis  B.,1. 

Dale, ,  27. 

Dalton, ,  807. 

Hannah,   298,     299, 
303. 

Mehitable,  299,  305. 

Samuel,        298-300, 
302,  305-308. 

Samuel,  jr.,  303. 

Timothy,  298. 

Dana, ,  28,  94. 

Danforth,    Jonathan, 

169. 
Daniels,  Eben,  66. 

George  W.,66. 

John,  jr.,  56. 

Lucy  (Howe),  69. 

Lucy  W.,  66. 

Martha,  66. 

Moses  E.,  66. 

Philemon,  59. 

Sarah,  66. 

Sarah  (Howe),  56. 

Sarah  K.,  66. 
Darling,  George,  72. 

Henry,  80. 


Davis,   Dayvis,    , 

55,  285-287. 
Elizabeth,  286. 
H.,  187. 
Ira  Oscar,  62. 
James,  sr.,  300. 
John,  267,  300. 
Lydia,  55. 
Margaret,  268. 
Marian,  285. 
Martha  Eva,  63. 
Sisly,  300. 
Thomas,  262. 
Vandalia    (Howe), 
62. 
Davis  &  Sprague,  187. 

Dean,  Deane, ,  26. 

Deborah,  150. 
Elizabeth    (Fuller), 

150. 
Joseph,  160. 
Dearborn,  Charles  E., 

250. 
Deering,  Charles,  119, 
128 

Delap, ,  287. 

Denning,     Elizabeth, 

291. 
Dennis,     James,    72, 
207. 
Mary,  287. 
Dennison,      Denison, 
George,  275. 
W.  E.,  119. 
William,  268. 
Depan,  Francis,  20,21. 

Derby, ,  92. 

Richard,  90. 
Derry,  N.  H.,  243. 
d'Estang,   Count,  26, 
28. 

Devorix,  Devrix, , 

72,  285. 
Dickens,  Charles, 191. 
Dickinson,  Elizabeth, 

61. 
Dike,  Benjamin,   109. 
Dillon,  Edward,  62. 
Vandalia     (Howe), 
62. 
Dimon  &  Smith,   142. 
Dinah,  285. 
Dirking,    Mary,    276, 

277. 
Dix,  Ralph,  270. 


INDEX 


319 


Dixey,  Dickey,  Dick- 
sey,  Dicksy,  Dix- 
ey,    Dixie,    , 

287* 

Capt.,  213. 

ADne,  291. 

Betty,  287,  291,  292. 

Elizabeth,  291. 

Nancy,  284,  292. 

William,  107,  214. 

Dodd,     Dod,     Dood, 

,  285,  286. 

John,  jr.,  312. 

John,  sr.,  312. 

Mary,  287. 

Nathaniel,  265. 

Sarah,  287. 

Susannah,  287. 

Thomas,  sr.,  72. 
Dodge,  John,  211. 

Lt.  John,    109,  110. 

John,  sr.,  100,  101. 

William,  sr.,  107. 
Dodge's  Row,  102. 
Dole, ,  26,  261. 

Belcher,  153. 

Jemima  (Falch),153. 

John,  302. 

Richard,  302. 

Richard,  jr.,  302. 

Dolley, ,  25. 

DoUiber,  Dollivar, 
Dolliver, ,286. 

Joseph,  285. 

Joseph,  St.,  72. 

William,  84. 
Dorchester,       Mass., 
294. 

Dorrill, ,  287. 

Dover,  N.  H.,  245. 
Dow,  Dowe,  Charles, 
198. 

Daniel,  303. 

Henry,  298, 300,303, 
305-307. 

Joseph,  298. 
Downers,  Robert,  299. 
Downs,Down,Downe, 
,  285,  286. 

Jere  A.,  122. 
Drake, ,  95. 

Abraham,  55. 

Lydia  (Howe),  55. 

Perkins,  195. 
Drayton,  W.  H.,  27. 


Drury,  Lake,  86. 
Dry  Salvages   Ledge, 
116. 

Dnane, ,  96. 

Dnch, ,  292. 

Dudley,       Elizabeth, 
802. 
Joseph,  74-77,    156, 

158,  205. 
Paul,  202. 
Samuel,  301,  302. 
Thomas,  268. 
William,  312. 
Duffield,  Dr.,   25,   27, 

31,  92. 
Dunfield,  Eng.,  275. 
Dunham,  Asa,  60. 

Lydia,  60. 
Dunn,  James,  102. 
Dunton,  Anna(Felch), 
149. 
Samuel,  149. 
Dargin,  Abigail 

(Howe),  55. 
Gregory,  55. 
Dwight,  Dr.,  170. 
Dutch,  »ee  Duch. 
Duty,   Deborah,   224. 
Dummer,       William, 

809. 
Dyer,  Capt.,  129. 
Dyson,  John,  84. 

Eames,  see  Ames. 
Earle's    Shipbuilding 

Co.,  189. 
Easman,  Roger,  298. 
East  Boston,  14. 
Eastie,  JefEry,  214. 

Eaton,  Eatton,    , 

285. 

Israel,  286. 

Jenny,  153. 

John,  299. 

William,  269. 
Edgell,  Elizabeth,  53. 

Rebecca,  55. 

William,  53. 
Edson,  Samuel,  37,38, 

42,  43. 
Edwards, ,  24, 

Jonathan,  169,  170. 

Rice,  101,  214. 

Thomas,  109,  110. 


Eldredge,  E.  M.,   181. 

John,  193. 
Elithorp,  John,  219. 

Ellery, ,24,92,93. 

Elliot,  Elliott,    Eliot, 

,96. 

Andrew,     49,     211, 

212. 
Mary,  237. 

Ellsworth, ,  96. 

Emery, Emerie,  John, 
302,  303. 
John,  jr.,  301,  302. 
Sarah,  223. 
Emerton,  James,  166. 
Endecott,      Endicott, 
Gov.,  170. 
John,  218. 
England,  50. 

English,  Englis, , 

202,  203. 
John,  114,  117. 
Philip,  157, 158,160, 
168. 

Epes, ,  26. 

Maj.,  27. 

Esgore, ,  228,  232. 

Essex  Gazette,  83. 
Essex  Institute,    168, 

169. 
Esty,  see  Eastie. 
Eustis,  William,  91. 

Evans,    Evens,    , 

276,  277. 
Elizabeth,  275,  276. 
John,  277. 
Mary,  275. 
Ewing,     Ewins,    Dr., 

31,  89. 
Exchange        (vessel), 

287. 
Exeter,    N.   H.,    24.5, 
301,  302,  304,  305, 
307. 

Fairfield, ,  102. 

Farley,    Furley,    Mi- 
chael, 28. 
Robert,  275. 
Farnum,  Sarah  J.,  66. 
Farquhar  &  Co.,    181. 
Favour,  Fevre,  Mary, 
286. 
Sarah,  286. 


320 


INDEX 


Felch,  Falch,  Feltch, 

Abby  (Goodwin), 

154. 
Anna  (Hannah),149. 
Bernice,  154. 
Betty,  153. 
Charlotte,  154. 
Clara  M.,  154. 
Clarissa,  154. 
Cartis,  151. 
Daniel,  150, 161,153. 
Daniel,  jr.,  150. 
Deborah,   150,  151. 
Deborah       (Dean), 

150,  161. 
Deborah    (Palmer), 

152. 
Elizabeth,  149,  150. 
Elizabeth(Gowing), 

150. 
Elizabeth  Wiborne, 

148. 
Emeline       Morrill, 

154. 
Gorham,  154. 
Hannah,    149,    150, 

162. 
Hannah  (Sargent), 

149. 
Hannah  Wharf(Har- 

ris),  153,  154. 
Henry,  148,  149,152. 
Hepsibah,  158. 
Hepsibah    (Curtis), 

150,  151. 
Isabel,  148,  149. 
Jacob,  153,  154. 
Jamima,  153. 
Jane  (Paige),  151. 
Jemima      (Selley), 

152. 
Jenne,  153. 
Jenny  (Eaton),  153. 
John,  149,  150. 
Joseph,  150-152. 
Joseph  Harris,  154. 
Joseph  Haskell, 155. 
Leah  (Osgood)  Fol- 

som,  165. 
Lucy  Goff,  154. 
Lucy     M.     (Page), 

154. 
Margaret,   148,  149. 
Mary,  149,  150. 
Mary  Anna,  155. 
Mary  (Haskell),154. 


Felch,  Mary  (Hoyt), 
151. 
Mary      (Hubbard), 

152. 
Mary  M.,  154. 
Nicholas,  162. 
Phineas,  153. 
Ruth,  150. 
Samuel,     149,    160- 

153. 
Samuel,  jr.,  153. 
Sarah,  151,  164. 
Sarah  (Fuller),  l50, 

151. 
Sarah  (Gove),  152. 
Sarah  (March)  Har- 
ris  153 
Sarah  (Ward),  153. 
W.  Ferrand,  155. 
William      Alfonzo, 
154. 
Felloes,  Samuel,  305, 

306. 
Felt,  Joseph,  294. 
Joseph  B.,  296. 
Felton,  Daniel,  312. 
Hannah,  291. 
James,  291,  292. 
Ruth,  291,  292. 
Sally,  292. 
Ferguson,  Archibald, 

78,  80. 
Fettyplace,    Edward, 

85. 
Field,  Lydia  (Howe), 
58. 
Mary  L.,  65. 
Zibeon,  58. 
Fifleld,  William,  303, 

307. 
Finch,  John,  272. 
Fire  clubs,  165. 
First  Church,  162. 
Fisher,  Jabez,  92. 
Fitch,  Benjamin,  273. 

Fitt, ,  307,  308. 

Abraham,  807. 
Rebecca,  808. 
Robert,  807. 
Flanders,  Steven,  299. 
Fleming,      Fleyming, 

,24. 

Agnes,  227. 
John,  227. 
Fletcher,  W.  &A.Co., 
186. 


Flichar, ,  285. 

Flinn,     Jane     Adger 
(Smyth),  68. 

John  William,  68. 

Margaret  Smyth,68. 
Flint,  Alice,  281. 

Thomas,  269. 
Flora  (negro),  98. 
Flower  of  Essex  (mil- 
itary    company), 
38,  40. 

Flory,  Flury, ,285. 

Floyd,  Caroline,  164. 

Charles,  284. 

Moses,  164. 

Sarah  (Falch),   154. 

William,  32. 
Fogg,  Ralph,  170. 
Folsom,  Fulsom, 

Gen.,  92,  93. 

Leah  (Osgood),  155. 

Levi  G.,  155. 

Nathaniel,  32. 
Foot,  Samuel,  801. 
Forbes, ,  91. 

James,  88. 
Forbush,  Persis  Gib- 
son, 67. 
Ford,Worthington  C, 

170. 
Fortune,  Ellas,  72. 
Fosdick,  Fosdik, 

James,  292. 

Thomas,  291. 
Foster,  Forster,  Fos- 
tar,Dr.,30,  91,  93. 

Anna,  291. 

Betsey,  58. 

David,  52. 

Hannah  (Putnam), 
58. 

Isaac,  27. 

Israel,  86. 

John,  85. 

Mehitable,  46. 

Moses,  58. 

Obadiah,  85. 

Peter,  291. 

William,  297. 
Fountaine,  John,  276. 
Fowle,  Fowl,   Jacob, 

83,  312. 
Fox  &  Livingston,  21, 

22. 
Francis, ,  201. 


INDEX 


321 


Franklin, ,  165. 

Benjamin,  28. 
Freeses,  James,  301. 
Freeman, ,  89. 

Samuel,  24. 
French,  Rev.,  85. 

Ann,  299. 

Edward,    152,    298, 
299. 

Edward,  jr.,  162. 

John,  152,  298,  299. 

Joseph,  299. 

Lydia,  152. 

Sarah,  223. 
Friend,  James,  220. 

Frost, ,  26. 

Frothingham,      , 

284. 
Fsenton,  Bob,  291. 

Parker,  291. 
Fuller,  Benjamin,150. 

Elizabeth,  150. 

John,  231. 

Margaret,  231. 

Sarah,  150. 

Sarah  (Bacon),  150. 

Thomas,  150,  231. 

Fulton, ,  188. 

Fulton  &  Livingston, 

189. 
Furness,  Furnis,   Da- 
vid, 311,  312. 

Thomas,  312. 

Gale,  Gall,  Azor,  311. 

John,  312. 

Joseph,  312. 

Mary,  292. 

Samuel,  84,  312. 
Gallop,  Love,  56. 
Galson,  Joseph,  311. 
Gangway  ledge,  121. 
Gannon,  John^  240. 
Gardner,      Gardiner, 
Garnar,  Capt.,  30. 

Edwin,  87. 

Hannah     (Stacey), 
87. 

Richard,  217. 

Susannah,  285. 

Thomas,  218. 
Garratt,  Garrard, Gar- 
rett,      ,      227, 

229,  232. 
Gary,  Arthur,  268. 


Gatchell,        Gachell, 

,285. 

Samuel,  85. 

Gates, ,  92. 

Gen.,  95. 
Gazette,       Newbury- 

port,  263. 
Gazette,   Salem,   244, 

254. 
Gedney,  William,  73, 

208. 
George's  Island,    118. 
Georgetown,  260. 

Gerard, ,  27,  28. 

Gerry, ,  24-26,  91- 

94. 
Elbridge,  85. 
John,  84. 
Thomas,  84,  85. 
Gibbons,   Charles  R., 

131,  141. 
Gibson,   Rebecca,  61, 
65. 
Samuel,  65. 

Gicear, ,  28S. 

John,  288. 
Gilbert,         Gillbard, 
Mary,  289. 
Rebecca,  286. 
Giles,  John,  sr.,  44. 

Gill, ,  25,  27,  97. 

Moses,  302. 

Gillchrist, ,  96. 

Gillis, ,  162,  285. 

Gilman,  Gillman, , 

302. 
Edward,    301,    302, 

305. 
John,  301,  302,  805, 

307. 
Moses,  301, 302. 
Moses,  jr.,  302. 
Gilston,  Eng.,  266,267. 
Gleeden,  Charles,  306. 
Gloucester,  104,  148. 

Glover, ,  285. 

Edward,  jr.,  57. 
Hannah  (Howe),  57. 
John,  85,  167. 
Jonathan,  84,  85. 
Rachel,  57. 
Glover  «fe  Stacey,  83. 

Gody, ,  110. 

Philip,  110. 


Goldsmith,       Goold- 
smith, ,  286. 

Elizabeth,  286. 
Goldwyer,       George, 

299,  301. 
Goodhue,  Willlam,77. 

Goodnis, ,  301. 

Goodridge, ,  111. 

Charles,  111,  112. 

Edw.,  112. 
Goodwin,        Gooden, 
Goodin,  Gooding, 
Gouin,       Guden, 
,  285,  292. 

Abby,  154. 

Hannah,  284,  292. 

Maria  Louisa,  69. 

Mary,  292. 

Molly,  284. 

Robert,  288. 

Susannah,  283. 

Timothy,  292. 

William,  811. 
Gordon, ,  91. 

Dr.,  31,  91,  93,  94. 
Gorham,  Col.,  312. 

Gott, ,  218. 

Gould,  Goold,  Mary, 
60. 

Sarah,  52. 

Zaccheus,  278. 
Gove,  Edward,  299. 

Sarah,  152. 
Gowing,      Elizabeth, 
150. 

Elizabeth    (Brock), 
150. 

Robert,  150. 
Grafton,  Bethiah,  39. 

Joseph,  39. 
Graly,  Betty,  285. 
Grar,  Rachel,  292. 
Gravelly  brook,  99. 
Graves,  Grave,  Alger- 
non, 296. 

Elizabeth,  234. 

John,  234. 

Robert,  237. 

Sally,  284,  292. 

Sarah,  292. 

Thomas,  231. 

Gray,   ,   26,    167, 

172. 

Abraham,  145. 

Alice  (Breed),  146. 


322 


INDEX 


Gray,  Ann  Knight 

(Morland),  147. 
Anna  (Orne),  146. 
Benjamin,  145-147. 
Edward,  145. 
Elizabeth       (Chip- 
man),  146. 
Ellis,  26. 
Hannah       (Ashby) 

Young,  146. 
Hannah  (Bushnell), 

146. 
Jeremiah,  146. 
John,  145. 
Joseph,  146,  146. 
Lydia,  147. 
Lydia  (Galley),  145. 
Lydia  (Croel),  147. 
Margaret     (Cook), 

145. 
Mary  (Brooks),  145. 
Nancy,  284. 
Rachel,  292. 
Richard      Mattoon, 

145. 
Robert,  145, 146,147. 
Robert,  jr.,  145. 
Ruth,  145. 
Ruth  (Ropes),  145. 
Sarah  (Cash),  145. 
Sarah       (Mattoon), 

145,  146. 
Samuel,  145. 
Samuel,  jr.,  145. 
Samuel,  sr.,  145. 
Sarah  (Smith),  145. 
Susannah       (Shep- 

ard),  146. 
Theodate     (Hood), 

146. 
William,  145-147. 
W)lliam,jr., 145-147. 
William,3d,  145-147. 
William,  4th,  146. 
William,    5th,    146, 

147. 
William     Shepard, 

147. 
Winthrop,  146. 
Greele,  Philip,  806. 
Green,  Greene,  Capt., 

284,  287. 
Gen.,  91. 
Charles,  80. 
Edward  Melvin,  64. 
George  Howe,  64. 


Green,  Henry,    299, 
306. 

Isaac,  299,  300. 

J.  A.,  198. 

Jacob,  300. 

James,  64. 

Marion  Palmer,  64. 

Mary  (Felch),  149. 

Sarah  Ann  (James), 
64. 

Sarah     Emelie 
(Howe),  64. 

William,  149. 

William  Howe,  64. 
Green's  Harbor,  148. 
Greenleaf, ,  93. 

B.,  81. 

Benjamin,28,  90, 91. 
Greenwood,        Eben- 
ezer,  58. 

Huldah  (Howe),  58. 

Nathaniel,  58. 

Salome  (Howe),  58. 
Grier  &  Heath,  177. 
Griffin,  Cyrus,  30. 
Grinnell    &   Minturn, 

16,  23. 
Gross,  Isaac,  805. 
Grover, ,  102. 

Nehemiah,  36. 

William,  107. 
Groves,  Betty,  285. 

Hannah,  41. 

Grow, ,  285. 

Grush,  John,  84. 
Guild, ,  29. 

Gov.,  67. 
Guion  &  Williams,  16, 

17. 
Gurney,     Overend   & 
Co.,  180. 

Gusset, ,  285. 

Gylderson,     William, 
227. 

Haffield,    Eng.,     226, 

227,  229,  232,  233. 

Hagborne,      Samuel, 

268. 
Hale,  Daniel  J.,  61. 

Elizabeth,  224. 

Lewis  R.,  15. 

Mehitable,  223. 

Moses,  224. 

Susan  (Howe),  61. 

Thomas,  278. 


Haley,  Dearborn,  197. 

Hall,  Holl,   ,  81,. 

91,    96,    97,    276» 
299,  300,  302. 

Capt.,  135. 

Charlotte  E.,  66. 

Henry,  13. 

Joseph,  95. 

Joseph,  jr.,  81,  32. 

Ralph,  307. 

Samuel,  187,  299. 

Uriah,  196. 

William  D.,  250. 
Hammond, ,  170. 

John,  128. 

Lawrence,  169. 
Hampton,        298-300, 
303,  806,  308. 

Hancock, ,  32,  90^ 

93,  96. 

John,  11. 
Handin,  Stephen,  275. 
Harteck  &  Co.,  22. 
Harde,  Hardee,  Mary, 
42. 

Thomas,  41. 

Thomas,  jr.,  42. 
Harris,  Haris,  Abner, 
151. 

Deborah,  161. 

Deborah      (Feleh), 
151. 

Giles,  153. 

Hannah  Wharf,  153. 

John,  151,  153,  288, 
291. 

Mary,  151. 

Nathaniel,  153. 

Richard,  85. 

Samuel,  312. 

Sarah  (March),  153. 

Thomas,  158. 
Hart,  Jonathan,  42. 

Hartshorne, ,  286. 

Haseltine,  John,  800. 

Haskell,  Hascoll, 

Alice  S.,  46. 

Caleb,  155. 

Daniel,  155. 

John,  155. 

Joseph,  165. 

Margaret      (Clous- 
ton),  155. 

Mark,  72,  80. 

Mary,  154 

Philip  S.,  46. 


INDEX 


323 


Haskell,  Robert,  212, 

213 

Rath"(West),  219. 

William,  155,  219. 

Haskholme.Eng.,  228. 

Hastins.  Cablecy,  284. 

Hatfield,  Eng.,  275. 

Hathaway    &    Small, 

144. 
Hathorne,     Hatborn, 
Justice,  77. 
James,  120. 
William,  72. 
Hathorne,     see     also 

Hawthorne. 
Haverhill,        242-245, 

260,  282,  300. 
Hawkes,  Hawks, 

Ebenezer,  312. 
John,  279. 
Hawkins,   Anna,  270, 
271. 
Hannah,  270. 
Sarah,  275. 
William,  270,  271. 
Hawthorne,       Capt. , 

184. 
Hawthorne,    see  also 

Hathorne. 
Hayden,    Josiah  W., 

121. 
Hayward,   Haieward, 
Heywarde,Isabel, 
148. 
James,  248. 
Samael,  148,  149. 
Thomas,  234. 
William  W.,  152, 
Hazard.  Abigail,  82. 
George,  82. 
Penelope,  82. 
Sarah  (Carder),   82. 
Hazen,  Thomas,  297. 
Haziel,  Col.,  91. 

Hazlitt, ,  293,  294. 

Grace,  296. 
Harriet,  295. 
Jack,  295. 
John,  293-296. 
Margaret,  293-296. 
Peggy,  295. 
William,    293,   295, 

296. 
William  Carew,  293, 
296. 


Heald,  Amasa,  65. 
Eliza  J.,  65. 
Julia  (Howe),  65. 
Heath,  Heth,  Robert, 
272. 
Thomas,  230. 
Heath  &  Grier,  177. 

Hellam, ,  238. 

Joan,  237. 
Robert,  237. 
Henchman,      Daniel, 

169. 
Hendley,  Henly,  Col., 
91. 
Elias,  312. 
Sarah,  285. 
Henshaw,  David,  18. 
Herald.Newburyport, 

261. 
Herd,  Mary,  44. 
Herrick,    Henry,   jr., 

212, 213. 
Hersey,  T.  C,  133. 
Hewes,  Joseph,  30,31. 
Hewing,  Dr.,  30. 
Hibbert,  Robert,  106. 
Hichins,  Jane,  286. 

Martha,  286. 
Hicks,  Caleb,  224. 
Margaret         (alias 
Burbank),  224. 

Higginson,    ,  281, 

282. 
Francis,  168. 
John,  43,  44. 
John,  jr.,  44. 
Hill,  Abby  D.,  60. 
Abigail,  38. 
John,  36-38,  42,  43, 

100. 
John,  sr.,  37,  38. 
John  F.,  121. 
William  H.,120,121. 
William  H.,  jr.,  120. 
Zebnlon,  37,  38,  42, 

43. 
Zebulon,  jr.,  43. 
Zebulon,  sr.,  37,  38. 
Hill,     Richardson    & 

Co.,  120. 
Hilliard,      Benjamin, 
262. 

Hilton, ,  300,  301. 

Charles,    300,    304, 
305. 


Hilton,  Edward,  304- 
306. 
Katherine,  304. 
Samuel,  304,  305. 
William,  300,  304, 
Hincken  &  Boyd,  21. 
Hinckley,  Joseph,  86. 
Hines,  Hinds,  Dinah, 
285,  286. 
•William,  72. 
Hirst,  William,  48. 
Hispaniola,  111. 
Hitchins,  see  Hichins. 
Hitear,  Betty,  291. 
Hobbs,   Hobs,   John, 
287,  303. 
Morris,  303. 

Hocklie, ,  267, 

John,  267. 
Hoddesdon,  Eng.,231, 

267,  272,  274. 
Hodges,     John,    305, 

306, 
Hoffmire,  Ann,  63, 
Holddar,  Anna,  284. 

Susanna,  284. 
Holden,  Joseph,  52. 
Naomi  (Howe),  52. 
Holdred,  William.sr., 

307. 
Holdrim,    Holddrum, 

^— ,  285,  286. 
Holgate,  Sarah,  54. 
Holgrave,  John,  218, 
Holioak,  Maj.,  269, 

Holker, ,  27. 

HoUet,  Joseph,  312. 
Hollingworth,  Susan- 
na, 39. 

Holman, ,  88, 

Lucy  A.,  66, 

Holmes,  Homes, , 

170, 
Dr.,  165,  167. 
Abiel,  162,  163. 
John,  72,  162. 
Sarah       (Wendell), 
163. 

Holten,  ,  24,   25, 

27,   28,   30-32,  91, 
93,  95. 
Dr.,  92. 
Polly,  31. 
Sally,  30,  91,  95. 
Samuel,  24,  88. 


324 


INDEX 


Homan,  Edward,  sr., 
72. 

John,  311. 
Hood,  Theodate,  146. 

Hooke, ,  308. 

Hooper,        Hooppar, 
Greenfield,  311. 

Hannah,  285. 

Kobert,  84. 

Robert,  jr.,  84. 

Samuel,  84,  86. 

William,  84,  85. 
Hopkins, ,  26,  90. 

D.,  29. 

Daniel,  90. 

Hopkinson, ,  24. 

Home,  John,  217. 

Rebecca,  286. 
Home,  see  also  Orne. 

Hortton, ,  285. 

Houghton,  Sally,  57. 
Houston,  William  C, 

26. 
Hovey, ,  111. 

Nathan,  111,  112. 

Samuel,  224. 
Howard,      Abraham, 

312. 
Howe,    How,     Abbie 
A.  (Newell),  64. 

Abby  D.  (Hill),   60. 

Abigail,  52,  53,  55. 

Abijah,  52,  54. 

Abraham  ,50-57,268. 

Abraham,  3d,  56. 

Adeline,  61. 

Alice  Marjorie,  67. 

Alinda    (Jennings), 
68. 

Amelia  P.(Coburn), 
66. 

Amos  N.,  62. 

Amos  Wood,  61,  66. 

Angerone,  61. 

Angle    B.    (McLel- 
lan),  66. 

Anne  (Martin),  61. 

Annie,  68. 

Annie       Josephine 
(Wilson),  68. 

Apphia  Perkins,  59. 

Arthur  Bryant,   69. 

Asa,  55. 

Asa  Frederick,   63, 
67. 


Howe,     Benjamin 

Dodge,  67. 
Benjamin  Franklin, 

60,  65. 
Benjamin     Jewett, 

62. 
Betsey,  58. 
Betsey  (Foster),  58. 
iSetsey    (ShurtlefE), 

60. 
Betty,  56. 

Caroline  A.   (Aver- 
ill),  62. 
Oatherine(Willard), 

64. 
Charles,  61. 
Charles  Edwin,   62. 
Charles   LeForrest, 

61. 
Charlotte  E.  (Hall), 

66. 
Clara  Isabella,  66. 
Clarissa  (Bent),  61. 
Clinton,  65, 
Clinton  Carroll,  65. 
Cora  (Parlin),  66. 
Cyrus  Hamlin,    60, 

66. 
Daniel,  56. 
Darid,  52,  53,  55. 
David  Saunders,  61. 
Deborah,  51,  56,  59. 
Deborah         (Chap- 
man), 59. 
Dolly,  59. 
Dorcas,  53, 
Drusilla  J.  (Babb), 

61. 
Eben  Ira,  61. 
Edward,  58. 
Edward  Willard,64. 
Edwin  Wallace,  60. 
Eleanor,  54. 
Eleanor  (Sherwin), 

63. 
Eli,  60, 

Elijah,  59,  63,  67. 
Eliza,  60. 

Eliza  J.  (Heald),  65. 
Elizabeth,    50,     52, 

54-57,  61,  69. 
Elizabeth  (Bailey), 

59. 
Elizabeth    (Clapp), 
54. 


Howe,    Elizabeth 

(Dickinson),    61. 
Elizabeth      Edgell, 

68. 
Ellen  Frances,  65. 
Elmer    Eddie,    67, 

69. 
Emily  Alton,  65. 
Emily(Trefetheren) 

65. 
Emma  Frances  (Os- 
borne), 67. 
Emma  Mahala(Per- 

ley),  67. 
Estelle  (Cole),  65. 
Ethel  May,  66. 
Eva  May,  62. 
Eva  Salome   (Kam- 

mer),  69. 
Fannie    J.    (Board- 
man),  65. 
Fannie    Robertioe, 

65. 
Fanny,  58. 
Frank  W.,  65. 
Fred  J .,  66. 
Fred  Ruthven,  66. 
Frederick  Leigh, 67. 
Freeland,  65. 
Freeman,  65. 
George,  56,  57,  69, 

60,  63,  64,  68. 
George  Aaron,   62, 

67. 
George  E.,  61. 
George  Edward,  68. 
George   Elmer,   67, 

69. 
George  Morse,  66. 
George  Moalton,67. 
George  Robley,  65. 
George  Washington, 

59,  02. 
George  William,  63. 
Hanniball    Coburn, 

66. 
Hannah,  51,  54,  55, 

57. 
Hannah  (Leeds), 56. 
Hannah     (Withing- 

ton),  59. 
Harley  Hazen,  65. 
Harriet  E.  (Tozier), 

68. 


INDEX 


325 


Howe,  Harriet    L. 
(Buck),  61. 
Hattie,  67. 
Hattie   Evelyn,   67. 
Helen  J.;  65. 
Henry,  60,  64. 
Henry  Prentiss,  65. 
Henry  Warren,  67. 
Hester  (Esther),  51. 
Hiram,  61. 
Huldah,  58. 
Humphrey      Saun- 
ders, 6l',  66. 
Isaac,  50-53,  55. 
Isaac  Hadley,  63. 
Isabel,  69. 
Israel,  50,  51. 
Izah  Tenney,  65. 
Jacob,  52-56,  58. 
Jacob,  jr.,  55. 
Jacob  F.,  61. 
Jacob  Foster,  60,65. 
James,  50-52,  54,57. 
James,  sr.,  51. 
James  Blake,  57. 
Jemima,  54. 
Jennie  A.  (Merrill), 

65. 
Jeremiah,  53,  58,60, 

61,  65. 
Jesse,  58,  60,  66. 
Jesse  Coburn,  66. 
Jessie  Woodrow,68. 
Jobannah,  60. 
John,  52,  54,  56,  57, 

259. 
John,  jr.,  60. 
John  Prentiss,  65. 
Joseph,  52,   53,  57, 

60. 
Joseph  Wilson,   68. 
Josephine    Eldred, 

67. 
Josephine  W.(Brad- 

ford),  62. 
Joshua,  52,  53,  57. 
Judith,  59. 
Judith  (Tenney),58, 

59. 
Julia,  65. 
Julia  Ann   (Hunt), 

67. 
Laura  Almira,  65. 
Lizzie  C.  (Ryerson), 

65. 


Howe,  Lois,  57. 
Lottie  A.,  61. 
Love  (Gallop),  56. 
Lucinda  (Prentiss), 

64. 
Lucy,  59. 
Lucy  A.,  66. 
Lucy  A.    (Holman) 

Robinson,  66. 
Lucy  C.  (Newburt), 

64. 
Lucy  Jane,  61. 
Lucy  May,  62. 
Lucy  W.  (Daniels), 

66. 
Lucy  (Wood),  58. 
Luther  Carmon,  61. 
Lydia,  63,  55,  57,  58. 
Lydia  (Davis),  65. 
Lydia      (Dunham), 

60. 
Lydia  J.,  65. 
Lydia  (Jackson),63. 
Margaret  (Cornell), 

62. 
Margaret  (Preston), 

57. 
Margaret     Smith 

(Flinn),  68. 
Maria        Louisa 

(Gooding),  69. 
Marian  Louise,  64. 
Martha,  66. 
Martha         Dresser 

(Paul),  68. 
Martha  Eva  (Davis), 

63. 
Mary,  53-55,  67. 
Mary  Ann(Beal),60. 
Mary(Bushnell),63. 
Mary  Catherine,  64. 
Mary  (Cheney),  62. 
Mary  E.,  67. 
Mary  Esther,  65. 
Mary  (Gould),  60. 
Mary  L.  (Field),  65. 
Mary  (Tucker),  65. 
Miranda,  68. 
Moses,  53,  56. 
Moses  Wood,  69,62. 
Myron  Donald,  69. 
Nancy,  68. 
Naomi,  52. 
Nathaniel,  62,  66. 
Nathaniel  L.,  66. 


Howe,  Nathaniel  Ly- 

man,  66. 
Nellie        Elizabeth 

(Wade),  69. 
Olive  Abbie,  62. 
Olive  Agnes,  69. 
Olive  (Jewett),  62. 
Oliver  Hunt,  68. 
Parker  W.,  66. 
Patience,  58. 
Patience(Blake,)57. 
Paul  Hart,  65. 
Paulina  (Baker),  60. 
Phebe  Kilburn,  59. 
Philemon,  54,  56. 
Polly,  68,  61,  66. 
Polly    (Howe),    61, 

66. 
Prudence   (Clarke), 

63. 
Rachel,  55,  57. 
Rachel  D wight,  60. 
Rachel  (Glover),  57. 
Rachel  (Morrill),55. 
Ralph  Gilman,  69. 
Ralph  Irving,  62. 
Rebecca     (Edgell), 

55. 
Rebecca    (Gibson), 

61,  65. 
Rebecca  (How),  52, 

67. 
Relief  (Nash),  60. 
Reuben,  66,  58,  59, 

61. 
Roger  Sherman,  63. 
Roxanna,  58. 
Ruth  Eliza,  63. 
Sally  Adams  (Bud- 
ham),  57. 
Sally     (Houghton), 

67. 
Salome,  65,  58. 
Samuel,  51,   63,  54, 

57. 
Samuel  Henry,  65. 
Sarah,  50,  52-57. 
Sarah    Ann     (Wal- 

thour)       McCon- 

nell,  63. 
Sarah  (Barrows), 65. 
Sarah  (Daniels),  56. 
Sarah        Elizabeth 

(Kelly),  63. 
Sarah  Emelie,  64. 


826 


INDEX 


Howe,  Sarah  (Gould), 

52. 
Sarah  (Holgate),54. 
Sarah  J.  (Farnum), 

66. 
Sarah  K.  (Daniels), 

66. 
Sarah  (Kilburn),  56, 
Sarah  M.,  59. 
Sarah  Maria,  62. 
Sarah  (Searle),  54. 
Simon,  55,  60. 
Submit,  54. 
Submit  (Bird),  53. 
Susan,  61. 
Susan  D.,  66, 
Susan    Eliza    (Pot- 
ter), 62. 
SusanEvelyn(Todd) 

67. 
Susannah,  51, 53,59. 
Sylvia  (Benson),  61. 
Tabitha,  51,  53, 
Thankful,  54. 
Thomas,  53,  54,  57, 

59,  61. 
Thomas,  jr.,  56,  59. 
Timothy,  52,  53,  60, 
Vandalia,  62, 
Walthour,  64, 
William,  57,  60,  63, 

64, 
William  Frederick, 

59,  62. 
William     Ruthven, 

60,  66. 
William  Stowell,69, 
Zeruiah,  52. 

Howes,  Jabez,  13. 
Hovpes  &  Baker,  187. 
Hoyt,  Hoit, ,  153. 

Benjamin,  151. 

D.  W.,  151, 

Daniel  V,,  250, 

John,  151. 

Mary,  151, 

Thomas,  151. 
Hubbard,  Mary,    152. 
Hudson, ,  256. 

Capt.,  197,  198, 
Hugg^ard,       Andrew, 

230, 
Hull,  George,  47,  101, 

105-107, 
Humberstone,    John, 
265,  278. 


Humfrey,  James,  265. 

Hunsdon,   Eng.,   228, 

283,  236,  237,  239. 

Hunnywell, ,  286, 

287. 
Hunston,      Hunsdon, 
,  277. 

Edward,  275,  277. 

Elizabeth,  277. 

Judith,  275-277. 

Mary,  275, 

Rachel,  277, 

Sarah,  277, 
Hunt,  Julia  Ann,  67, 

Margaret,  265, 

Neheraiah,  223. 

Oliver,  67, 

Persis  Gibson  (For- 
bush),  67. 
Huntington,  A.,  101. 

Samuel,  28, 
Huse,  John,  261, 
Hussey,  Christopher, 

298. 
Hutchinson,  Col.,  30, 
89,  94. 

Gov.,  83. 

Elisha,  270. 

Hannah,  270. 

Samuel,  269. 
Hutton,  Richard,  272. 
Hyde,  Hide,  Dorothy 
(Burnapp),  266. 

Rebecca,  277, 

Thomas,  266, 

Ilsly,  John,  299, 
Ingraham,   Mark    L,, 

123, 
Orris,  123,  124, 
Otis,  118,  114,  123, 

124, 
Ipswich,  105,  106,  109, 

110,  213,  305. 
Ireson,  Benjamin,  72. 
Irish,      Angerone 

(Howe)     Turner, 

61. 
Samuel  C,  61. 
Isbell  (servant),  231. 
Ivimy,  Giles,  312, 

Jackman,  James,  222, 
Jackson,         Jacksin, 
Capt.,  183. 


Jackson,  Abigail,  291. 

Bartholomew,  312. 

Lydia,  53. 

Mary,  291. 

Sarah,  292. 

William,  52. 
Jacob  (negro),  86. 
Jacobs,  Joseph,  208. 
James,  Benjamin,311. 

David,  95. 

Erasmus,  72-75,  77, 
205-207,  311. 

Sarah  Ann,  64. 
Janvrin,  Ellen  Augus- 
ta (Shuff),  154. 

Emeline        Morrill 
(Falch),  154. 

George,  154. 

George  Dallas,  154. 

Hiram,  154, 

Hiram  Gilmore,154. 
Jay, ,  28,  89. 

James,  26,  27,  95. 

John,  26. 
Jeifry's  creek,  210. 
Jenner,  Dr.,  295. 
Jennings,  Alinda,  68. 

Mary  J.,  62. 

Jewett,   Jewet,  , 

131. 

Amos,  59. 

Amos  Wendall,   59. 

James,  195. 

Jane,  223. 

Olive,  62. 

Phebe     Kilburn 
(Howe),  59. 

Johns, ,287. 

J  ohnson,  Jonson, , 

285. 

Isaac,  268. 

Return,  800. 

Sarah,  284, 
Jones, ,  221. 

Allen,  32, 

Ann,  273, 

George  G.,  13, 

John,  301. 

Margaret,  286. 

Sarah,  287. 

Thomas,  302. 

William,  312, 
Jones,  Clark   &   Co., 

142, 
Joy,    Benjamin,    jr., 
158. 


INDEX 


327 


Joy,      Hepsibah 

(Falch),  153. 
Juan,  Don,  27,  92. 

Kamnier,!Eya  Salome, 

69. 
Kay,  Thomas,  267. 
Kelly,    Sarah    Eliza- 
beth, 63. 
Kelley,   Baker  &  Co., 

187. 
Kenell,  Sarah,  285. 
Kent,  Elizabeth,   240. 

Steven,  307. 
Kees,      Key,      Keys, 
Alice,  231,  234. 

Andrew,  231,  234. 

Johane,  231. 

John,  231,  234. 

Robert,  281,  284. 

William,  231,  234. 

Kidman, ,  239. 

Kilburn,  John,  55. 

Mary  (Howe),  55. 

Sarah,  56. 
Kimball,       Kemball, 
John,  297. 

Samnel,  35. 

Thomas,  812. 

William,  138. 
King,  John  Glen,  169. 
Kinloch,  Francis,   91. 
Kinsman,    W.    H.    & 
Co.,  183. 

Kitten,  ,   26,   27, 

29,  31,  89,  90,  93, 
94. 
Kittery,  305. 
Knight,  Capt.,  48. 

Henry,  222. 

John,  48,  86,  308. 

John,  jr.,  48. 

Samuel,  52. 

Sarah,  52. 
Knowlten,     Knolton, 
Abraham,  302. 

John,  209,  221. 

Samnel,  47, 105,106. 
Kwin,  Elizabeth,  285. 

LaFayette,      Marquis 

de,  93. 

Lagody, ,  110. 

Lamb,    Charles,   295, 

296. 


Lambert,Richard,214. 
Lamperel  river,  306. 
Lamprey,  Arthur,197, 
198. 

Robert,  108. 
Lamprey      Brothers, 
196. 

Lancey,  Lansey, , 

292. 

Sarah,  284. 
Laner,  Michael,  24. 

Langdon, ,  27. 

Larcom,Larcum, , 

102. 

Cornelius,  212,  216, 
217. 

Thomas,  288. 
Lary,  Cornelius,  301. 
Laska,  Sarah,  283. 
Laskin,  Molly,  284. 
Lathe,  Francis,  297. 
Lathrop,  Capt.,  39,40. 

Bethiah,  39,  40. 

Thomas,  38,  40,  41, 
48,  44,  47,  108. 

Lawrence, ,26-29. 

Lawrens,  Col.,  28,  32. 

Law, ,  91. 

Lawrence,  268. 
Lawrence  &  Son,  131. 
Leach,  Hannah,  221. 

Lawrence,  218. 

Robert,     211,     212, 
220,  221, 

Robert,  sr.,  220. 

Samuel,  220,  221. 
Leavitt,  Dudley,  145. 

Lecodie, ,  110. 

Lecraw,  Marian,  291, 
292. 

Sarah,  286,  292. 
Lee,  Dr.,  96,  97. 

Maj.,  27. 

A.,  25. 

Charles  F.,  46. 

Jeremiah,  84. 

Joseph,  86. 

Mary,  284. 

Ruth,  285. 
Lee,  see  also  Ley. 
Leeds,     Leads,    Con- 
sider, 56. 

Hannah,  56. 

Margaret,  56. 


Leeds,     Thankful 
(Howe),  44. 
Thomas,  54. 
Legat,  John,  805. 
Legg,  John,  72, 73, 79, 

208. 
Lehall,  Michael,  289. 
Lemon,  Mary,  216. 

Robert,  37,  216. 
Lenord,  Robert,  312. 
Lever,    John    Orrell, 

179. 
Leverett,  Gov.,  169. 
Lewiston,  Col.,  27. 
Lewis,  Lewes,  Loois, 

Luess,  Luis, , 

96,  285. 
Chal,  284. 
Mary,  284. 
Mol.,  286. 
Thomas,  86. 
Ley,   John,  211,  212, 
222. 
Samuel,  221. 
L'Hommedien,   Ezra, 

32. 
Libbey,         L  i  b  b  y  , 
Charles  F.,  121. 
H.  J.,  133. 
Lillie,    Samuel,     157, 

159,  203. 
Linch,  Sarah,  286. 
Lincoln,  Gen.,  25,  30, 

89,  94. 
Lindsey,  N.,  85. 
Lisbrill,  Sarah,  286. 
Little,  Edward,  112. 
Little    Ilford,    Eng., 

236,  237,  239. 
Little    Laver,     Eng., 
238,  278. 

Littlefield, ,  306. 

James,  120. 

Lucy  Jane  (Howe), 

61. 
William,  61. 

Livermore,   ,   91, 

96. 
Samuel,  89. 
William,  49. 
Livingston  &  Fox,  21, 

22. 
Livingston  &  Fulton, 

189. 
Loader,  John,  288. 


\ 


328 

Lock, ,  229,  230. 

Locomotives: 

Andover,  244,  258. 

Antelope,  258. 

Angnsta,  258. 

Bangor,  258. 

Bunker  Hill,  262. 

Casco,  247. 

Cocheco,  258,  262. 

Cumberland,  247. 

Dragon,  258. 

Goliah,  258. 

Haverhill,  244,  258. 

Kennebec,  247. 

Lawrence,  258. 

Maine,  258. 

Maiden,  258. 

Massachusetts,  258. 

Medford,   258,   262. 

New      Hampshire, 
258. 

Norris,  258. 

Penobscot,  247. 

Portland,  258. 

Reading,  258. 

Rockingham,     244, 
258,  262. 

Saco,  247. 

York,  247. 
London,Eng.,  225,295. 
Look,  Mary,  150. 

Sarah, 150. 

Thomas,  150. 
Loomis,  D.  A.,  188. 
Lord,  Mary,  808. 

N.  J.,  101. 

Robert,  308. 
Loring,  Harrison, 144. 
Lovell, ,  93,  96. 

James,  94. 
Loves, Louvis,  Lovies, 
,  284,  287. 

Peter,  285. 

Lovett,    Lovet,  , 

101. 

John,  35,  36,  104. 

John,  sr.,  103. 

Lowell,   ,   30,  31, 

96. 

John,  29. 
Lucas,  E.  v.,  296. 
Lull,  Hannah,  224. 
Luzerne,  Chevalier  de 

la,  28,  31. 
Lyford,  Stephen,  194. 


I^DEX 

Lynch,  see  Linch. 
Lynn,  John,  23. 
Lynn,  146. 
Lyou,  Dan,  190. 

McConnell, Sarah  Ann 

(Walthour),  63. 
Macdonough,      Com- 
modore, 188,  189. 
McKay,  Donald,  14. 
James,  127. 

MeKean,  ,  27,  95. 

McKie,  James,  121. 
McLaughlin,     D.    J., 

128. 
McLellan,   Angle   B., 

66. 
McSeeley,  A,,  138. 
Madison,  James,  91. 
Magoun,  Thatcher,  13. 

Malagash, ,  79. 

Maley,  Maly, ,285. 

Daniel,  312. 
Mallory,    Henry     R., 
121. 

Man, ,  287. 

William,  311. 
Manchester,    34,   102, 
209,  213,  219,  222. 
Mane,  Thomas,  811. 
Mansfield,  Isaac,  312. 
Mapes,  William,  106. 
Mappor,  Will,  106. 
Mar,  Naney,  284. 
Marble,  Sarah,  223. 
Marblehead,  70,  71,76, 
81,  156,  167,  281, 
282,  284. 
March,  Edmund,  228. 
Elizabeth,  223. 
George,  153. 
Hugh,  153. 
Joseph, 153. 
Joseph,  jr.,  153. 
Sarah,  153. 
Marland,      Abraham, 

242. 
Marshall,      Marchall, 

Marshal, ,  92. 

Charles  H.,  22. 
John,  11. 
Thomas,  269. 
Marshall,  Charles  H. 

&  Co.,  15. 
Marshfield,  148. 


Marshfield,  Eng.,  293. 
Marston, ,  287. 

Benjamin,  292. 

John,  292,  300. 

Robert,  303. 
Martin,         Martaine, 

Marton, ,  287, 

292. 

Capt.,  24. 

Anne,  61. 

Elinor,  292. 

Mary,  212,  213,  291. 

Moll,  285. 

Pat,  287. 

Polly,  291. 

Sarah,  72,  284,  292. 

Thomas,  284. 
Mary,  Betty,  285. 
Mason,  Capt.,  275. 

Henry,  51. 

Hester  (Howe),   51. 
Massachusetts      His- 
torical     Society, 
169. 
Massey,  Jeffrey,  103. 
Masters,  Abram,  220, 
221. 

Mather^  ,  163. 

Mathes,  Sarah,  285. 
Matthews, ,  27. 

Lyman,  60. 

Rachel  Dwight 

(Howe),  60. 
Mattoon,  Sarah,  145. 
Maudesly,  Joseph,80. 
Maverick,  Moses,  217. 
Mayhew,  Capt.,  10. 
Mayo,       Helen       J. 
(Howe),  65. 

W.  W.,  65. 
Maxfield,  John,  300. 
Medford,  13,  14. 
Meadar,        Meaddar, 
,  285,  286. 

Grace,  284. 
Melcome,  Betty,  288. 

Hannah,  284. 
Melsaw,  Mellsaw,  Su- 
sanna, 286,  287. 
Merrick,       Elizabeth 
(Wiborne),  149. 

John,  149. 
Merrill,  Jennie  A.,  65. 

Lemmie,  61. 


INDEX 


329 


Merrill,   Lottie  A. 
(Howe),  61. 

Susannah,  282. 
Merritt,         Merriott, 
Merrit,     Abigail, 
72,  80. 

John,  84. 

Nicholas,  75,  76,  80. 

Nicholas,  sr.,  72. 
Merrimack  river,  302, 

307,  308. 
Mersey  river,  2. 
Middleton,  145. 
Mifflin,  Gen.,  24-26. 
Miles,  Alice,  240. 

Joane,  240. 
Miller, ,  95, 

Abraham,  80. 

Millett,   Millet,   , 

25,  32. 

Deborah      (Howe), 
59. 

Edward,  59. 

Joshua,  59. 
Mills,  Levi,  112. 
Mingo  beach,  98,  212. 
Mingo,  Robin,  98. 
Minot, ,  251. 

Charles,    250,    253, 
259. 

George,  312. 

Stephen,  312. 
Minturn   &   Grinnell, 

16,  23. 
Molly,  Sarah,  287. 
Montague,       Mount- 
tigue, ,  301. 

Griffin,  306. 
Montserrat,  33,36,102. 
Moody,  Amos,  223. 

Philip,  109. 

Silas,  223. 
More,  William,  801. 
Morehouse,  Col.,  95. 
Mores,  Mark,  222. 
Morgan,        Morgain, 
,16. 

Charity,  287. 

E.  D.,  1. 

Joseph,  35. 

Robert,  214. 

Samuel,  214,  215. 

Samuel,  jr.,  48. 

Sarah,  37,  48. 

Sergeant,  214. 
Morland,Ann  Enight, 
147. 


Morley,  John,  268,272. 

Martha,  268,  272. 
Morrill,Abraham,299. 

Rachel,  55. 
Morris,  ,  26,  92. 

R.,  89. 
Morrison,  Arthur 

Eben,  65. 

Fannie      Robertine 
(Howe),  65,  149. 

John  H.,  3,  4,  5. 
Morse,    Mors,    Betty, 
286. 

Charles  W., 121,184. 

Dorothy,  236. 

Dorothy  (Burnap), 
236. 

Elizabeth,  23«. 

John,  236,  239. 

Joseph,  311. 

Prudence,  64. 

Morton, ,  173. 

Moseley,   Edward  S., 

261. 
Mott,  Lydia,  277. 
Moulton,   Capt.,   151. 

Benjamin,  303. 

Henry,  298,  307. 

Joseph,  303. 

Mary,  42. 

Sobrietie,  298. 

William,  298. 

Mowgate, ,  233. 

Moyse,  Moys«^Joseph, 

299.  800.  ■' 
Much  Haddam,  Eng., 

237,  278. 
Mudgett,        Thomas, 

303,  304. 
Mugford,    Muckford, 
,  286,  287. 

Phyllis,  284. 

Mulhenburg, ,  93. 

Mullett,  Elias,  82. 

Rebecca,  82. 

Rebecca     (Pearce), 
82. 
Mnlly,  Tom,  284. 

Munggrill, ,  286. 

Murdock,  Capt.,  15. 
Muzzey, ,  223. 

Nagode, ,  110. 

Nash,  Relief,  60. 
Natick,  280. 
Needham,  Needaham, 
Needam, ,  30. 


Needham,  Joseph, 
289,  290. 
Stephen, 30. 
Nelson,  Caroline 

(Floyd),  154. 
Charles  N.,  67. 
David,  224. 
John  B.,  1.54. 
Maria  E.(Howe),67. 
Samuel,  154. 
Sarah,  154. 
Thomas     Lambert, 

154. 
William  T.,  154. 
Nethertield,  Eng., 226, 

228,  233. 
Newburt,    Catherine, 
64. 
Lucy  C,  64. 
Philip,  64. 
Newbury,  222-224,301, 

802,  307,  308. 
Newburyport,    1,   10, 

111,  260. 
Newcomb,  N.  L.,  124, 

137. 
Newell,  Nuill,   Abbie 
A.,  64. 
Abbie  W,  (Burley), 

64. 
Lucius,  64. 
Moll,  285. 

Newhall. ,  97, 271. 

Newman,  T.,  233. 

Thomas,  232. 
Newmarket,    N.    H., 

145. 
New  York,  16. 

Nichols,  Nickols, , 

287. 
Nicholas,  George,  90. 
Nickerson,   F.    W.   & 

Co.,  143. 
Nickleson,  Samuel,  74 
Nile,  Daniel,  249. 
Joseph  Abbott,  65. 
Mary  Esther  (Howe) 
65. 
Nobbs,  Alice,  231. 
Nobbys,        Johanna, 

226   231 
Noble,  John,  164-166, 
169,  172-174,  176. 
Norden,      Nathaniel, 

72,  76,  311. 
Norman,     John,    72, 
220. 


830 


INDEX 


Norman,  John,  sr., 

220. 
Norrice,  Edward,  269. 
North,  James,  276. 

Richard,  299. 
Northey,  Joseph,  88. 
Norton,  George,  220. 

George  L.,  5,  182. 
Noyes,  ,  281,  282. 

Abigail,  224. 

Edmund,  223. 

Enoch,  223. 

John,  224. 

Joseph,  223. 

Nathaniel,  222. 
Nourse,  Nurse,   Cyn- 
thia Bailey,  168. 

Francis,  93. 

Rebecca,  168. 

Oakes,  George,  812. 

Thomas,  74,  75,  77, 
78,  80,  158. 
Ober, ,  35. 

Abigail,  214. 

John,  84,  35,  89,  40. 

Mary,  46. 

Mary  A.,  46. 

Richard,  214,  215. 
Ober's  Point,  99. 
Oby,  Sarah,  286. 
Ogden,  0.  F.,  5. 

David,  1,  4. 
Ordway,       Ordaway, 
James,  308. 

John,  222. 

Sarah,  222. 
Ormsby,  Richard,300. 
Orne,  Col.,  91. 

Anna,  145. 

Azor,  84,  85. 

Joshua,  84-86,  207. 

Nancy,  292. 
Orne,  see  also  Home. 
Osborne,  Adeline  Lou- 
isa (Rogers),  67. 

Emma  Frances,  67. 

Thomas,  67. 
Osgood, ,  89. 

Maj.,  89. 

John,  155. 

John  S.,  155. 

Joseph,  155. 

Leah,  155. 

Leah  Prescott,  156. 


Osgood,  Reuben,  155. 
Samuel,  89,  155. 
William,  155,  804. 
William,    St.,     308, 
304. 
Over,  Richard,  211. 
Overend,    Gnrney    & 

Co.,  180. 
Owin,  Elizabeth,  286. 

Paca, ,  27,  89. 

Page,     Paige,    Jane, 
151. 
Lucy  M.,  154. 

Paine,    Payne,     , 

210. 
William,  802. 
Palfry,  Col.,  24. 

Palmer,  ,   27,  30, 

32,  88,  91. 
Deborah,  152. 
Hannah,  289. 
Henry,  800. 
J.,  89. 

John,  72,  312. 
Mary  (Gilbert),  289. 
Richard,  289. 
Parker,  David,  311. 
Hannah,  27S. 
Hannah       (Falch), 

150. 
Samuel,  160. 
Parlin,  Cora,  66. 
Parris,  Samuel,  170. 

Parsons, ,  185. 

James  C,  116. 
John,  115. 
Joseph,  223. 
Peggy,  291. 
Samuel,  286. 

Partridge,    ,    91, 

92,  94. 
Col.,  27. 
George,  92. 
William,  299. 

Pason,  ,  281,  282. 

Passon,  William,  234. 

Patch, ,  100,  105. 

Benjamin,  102,  103. 
Elizabeth,  102. 
James,  101. 
John,  47,  102-108. 
John,  sr.,  104,  106. 
Mary,  103. 
Mary  (Lovett),  103. 


Patch,  Nicholas,  106. 
Richard,    100,    106, 

106. 
Robert,  107. 
Susanna,  103. 
,    Thomas,     36,     100, 
103,  106,  107. 
William,  107. 
Patten,   Hinson,   129. 
Paul,  Ebenezer,  68. 
Martha  Dresser,  68. 
Richard,  68. 
Sarah  Dresser,  68. 
Peabody,        Pebody, 

,   26,  30,   92, 

94,  95. 
John,  297. 
Joseph,  297. 
Nathaniel,  24-26. 
William,  297. 

Peach, ,  81. 

Thomas,  84. 
William,  312. 

Pearce,    Perce,  , 

82,  285. 
Elizabeth,  82. 
John,  82. 
Rebecca,  82. 
Thomas,  50. 
Sarah,  292. 

Pearson, ,  261. 

Dolly  (Howe),  59. 
Elizabeth,  224. 
George,  300,  308. 
James,  311. 
John,  278-280. 
John,  sr.,  279. 
John  N.,  59. 
Jonathan,  224. 
Maddelene,  279. 
Mary,  279. 
Maudlin    (Ballard), 

279. 
Sarah,  279. 
Solomon,  224. 
Pease,  Robert,  37. 
Peasly,  Joseph,  300. 
Peck,  John,  12. 
Pedrick,      Peddrick, 

,  81,  286,  286. 

Richard,  312. 
Peltrow,      Elizabeth, 
286. 
Hannah,  285,  286. 


INDEX 


831 


Pen, ,  285. 

Sarah,  286. 
Pennill,  Betty,  284. 
Pepper,  R.  F.,  131. 
Perkins,       Parkines, 
Pirkins,        Abra- 
ham, 305. 

Isaac,  298,  300. 

William,  300. 
Perley,  Perly,  D.  Syd- 
ney, 54. 

Emma  Mahala,  67. 

John,  297. 

M.  V.  B.,  50. 

Sidney,  33,  98,  209, 
297. 

Thomas,  297. 
Permot, ,  306. 

Philemon,  305. 
Perrine  <Ss  Stack,  22. 

Perry,  Pery, ,  95, 

266. 

A.  W.,  178. 

Agnes,  234. 

Hannah,  286. 

Henry,  37. 

Mathew,  297. 

Sarah,  267. 

Sarah  (Burnap),267. 

Thomas,  267. 
Perryman,  James, 312. 
Peter,  Hngh,  168. 
Pettingell,  Pettengill, 
Pettingill,  Agnes 
Leah,  155. 

Benjamin,  228. 

Cotting,  155. 

Frank  Hervey,  148, 
149,  161,  153,  165. 

Josiah,  155. 

Mary  Ann  (Feltch), 
165. 

Matthew,  155. 

Merrill,  242. 

Nathaniel,  155. 

Nathaniel      Henry, 
165. 

Olive  (Smith),  155. 

Richard,  156. 

Walter  Feltch,  155. 

Walter  Joseph,  155. 

Willie  Feltch,  155. 

Pettit, ,  95. 

Philbrick,      Thomas, 
298,  305. 

Thomas,  jr.,  2©8. 


Phillips, ,  26, 161, 

285,  287. 

Jonathan,  312. 

Mary,  285. 

Stephen,  85. 
Phips,  Spencer,  312. 
Pickard,  Sarah,  223. 

Pickering,  ,  281, 

289. 

Capt.,  282. 

Col.,  89,  90,  94. 

Alice  (Flint),  281. 

Benjamin,  288,  289. 

D.  N.,  259. 

Elizabeth,  289. 

Hannah,    282,    288- 
290. 

Hannah      (Brown), 
281,  282,  288. 

James,  289,  290. 

John,  168,  281,  288. 

Mary,  289. 

Octavius,  162. 

Sarah,  288,  289. 

Timothy,  162. 

William,    281,    282, 
287-290. 
Pickett,  John,  41. 
Pickforth,  John,  220. 
Pierce,   Peirce,   Dan- 
iel, 800. 

Ebenezer,  42. 

Lydia,  42. 

Mary,  296. 

Samnel,  223. 

William,  91. 
Pike,  Capt.,  jr.,  135. 

Capt.,  sr.,  135. 

Nicholas,  12. 

Robert,  169,299-305, 
308. 
Pilsbury,  Mary,  224. 

William,  224. 
Pingree,  David,  259. 
Piper,  Susanna,  222. 
Pitman,  James,  211. 

Lonis,  285. 

Thomas,  72. 
Pitt,  William,  217. 
Pix,  Benjamin,  312. 
Plant, ,  178. 

Henry  Bradley,  177. 
Plum  Cove  pond,  209. 
Plummer,       Plumor, 
,  161. 

Samuel,  802. 


Polin,  Samuel,  221. 
Ponso,  Maj.  Don,  92. 
Poole,  John,  42,  77. 

Jonathan,   270,  279. 

Sarah,  42. 
Pope, ,  268,  274. 

Joseph,  269. 

Mary,  286. 
Portail,  Gen.,  91. 
Portland,    Me.,     246, 

248. 
Portsmouth,    N.    H., 

16,  245. 
Post,  Smith  &  Co.,  23. 
Pote,  Samuel,  84. 
Potter,      Lydia      Sy- 
monds,  62. 

Susan  Eliza,  62. 
Potto,  Peter,  80. 
Potts,  Richard,  31. 
Potter's  Island,  54. 
Pouls,  Thomas,  76. 
Pousland,  John,   312. 

Thomas,  207. 
Powell,  Jere,  89. 
Prentiss,  Henry,  64. 

Lucinda,  64. 
Prescott,  Leah,  155. 
Pressey,      Hannah 
(Felch),  152. 

Paul,  152. 
Preston,  Margaret,57. 

Moses,  28. 

Randall,  101. 

Susanna      (Stone), 
101. 

Pribble, ,  286. 

Prichit,  Charity,  292. 
Pride,  Hannah,  215. 

Jane,  86. 

John,  36,  46. 

Joseph,  44,  45. 

Peter,  215. 

William,  86. 
Prince,  Augusta,  46. 

Augustus  B.,  46. 

Pringle,  Daniel,  277. 

Pritchitt,  see  Prichit. 

Proctor,        Procktor, 

Proctar,  Procter, 

Betty,  284,  291. 

Jonathan,  811. 

Patty,  284,  291. 

Richard,  292. 

Thomas,  86. 
Provo,  Gen.,  25. 


332 


INDEX 


Pulaski,  Count,  29. 
Pusey,  Daniel,  261. 
Pushaw,  Winnie  Ann, 

68. 
Putnam,  Amos,  32. 

Benjamin,  26. 

D.,  95. 

Enoch,  89. 

Hannah,  58. 

Israel,  58. 

Timothy,  223. 
Pymar,  Mathew,  80. 
Pynn,  Charles,  282. 

Quimby,  H.  C,  124. 
Quinn,  see  Kwin. 

Rabadeau,  Gen.,  24. 
Rackwood,  Jonathan, 

312. 
Kailroads. 
Andover  &  Boston, 

244. 
Andover      Branch, 

244. 
Andover     &     Wil- 
mington, 242, 248. 
Boston    &    Lowell, 

242-244,  251,  254. 
Boston    «&     Maine, 

241,  248. 
Boston  &  Portland, 

248,  249. 
Concord,  256. 
Dover  &  Winnipis- 

eogee,  242. 
Eastern,    245,    247, 

248,  259,  260,  262, 

264. 
Erie,  251. 
GeorgetownBranch, 

263. 
Medford      Branch, 

256. 
Methuen      Branch, 

256. 
Michigan  Southern, 

251. 
Nashua  &   Lowell, 

243. 
Newbury  port,    262- 

264. 
Portland,    Saco     & 

Portsmouth,  246- 

248. 


Railroads,     Salem    & 

Lowell,  259. 

South      Reading 

Branch,  259. 

Ramsdell,  John,    297. 

Randolph,     Edmund, 

26. 
Rantoul,  Robert,  sr., 
101. 
Robert  S.,  161. 
RawJings,    Rawlinge, 
Rawlinges,      Ag- 
nes, 233. 
Alice,  233. 
Ann,  230,  234. 
John,  233,  234. 
William,  234. 
Rawson,  —  ,  174. 
Ray,  Hitty,  46. 
Raymond,     Raiment, 
Rayment,       Ray- 
mont,    John,    sr., 
49. 
Jonathan,  109. 
William,    101,   211, 
212. 
Raynes,  George,  16. 
Rea,    Ray,   Ebenezer, 
46. 
Isaac,  46. 
Joseph,  45. 
Mary,  46. 
Redding,       Readden, 
John,  72. 
Ruth,  284. 
Reddington,    Reding- 
ton.  Abraham, 297. 
Abraham,  jr.,  297. 
Abraham,  sr.,  297. 
Johan, 233. 
Thomas,    233,   286, 
297. 
Redman,  John,  805. 

Reed,  Read,  ,  31, 

88 
Capt.,  130. 
BenjaminTyler,167. 
Jeremy,  291. 
John,  311. 
Samuel,  72. 
Tabitha,  291,  292. 
Thomas,  129. 
Reeves,  Sarah,  286. 
Reith,  Richard,  312. 
Rend  all,  Abigail,  104. 


Reynolds,  Joslma,295. 
Mary  (Pierce),  295. 
Rhode  Island  Histori- 
cal  Society,    169. 
Rice,  Maj.,  25. 
Richardson,  Capt., 15. 
Addison,  21. 
Edward,  21. 
KateS.,  21. 
William  R.,  21. 
Richardson     &     Bar- 
nard, 127. 
Richardson,     Hill     & 

Co.,  120. 
Riddan,  John.  72. 

Righthead, ,  286. 

Sarah,  285. 
Ring,  Robert,  304. 
Ritts,  Henry,  278. 

Maria  (Burnap),278. 
Roach,  John,  183. 
Roads,  Sarah,  292. 

Roberson, ,  96. 

Roberts,  David,    181, 
164. 
Molly  (Patch),  107. 
Nathaniel.  107. 
Thomas,  276. 
Robie,    Robe,    Roby, 
Robys,  Chloe,285, 
286. 
Henry,  303,  306. 
Robie  &  Brown,  197, 
Robinson,  Gov.,  174. 
Edward,  57. 
George  Dexter,  164. 
John,  282. 
Lucy  A.   (Holman), 

66. 
Rachel  (Howe),  57. 
Rockwell.  E.  B.,   194. 
Rodes,   Rodez,  John, 
228,  229. 
Margaret,  228,  229. 
Rogers,   Rogas,   Ade- 
line Louisa,  67. 
Thomas,  312. 
Roix,  Capt.,  119. 

William  R.,  113. 
Rolfe,     RofEe,     Rolf, 

,  237. 

Benjamin,  223. 
John,  308. 
Romer,  Col.,  311. 
Root, ,  26,  29. 


INDEX 


333 


Ropes,  Ruth,  145. 
Ross,  Roos, ,  119. 

Geoi^ge,  25. 

Rebecca,  285. 
Ross    &    Sturdivant, 

119. 
Ronndy,        Rounday, 
John,  311. 

Ruth,  285. 
Rouse,  Capt.,  76. 

William,  77. 
Roux,  Frederic,  21. 
Row,  Isaac,  79. 
Rowell,  Stephen,  152. 
Rowland,  Richard,  72. 
Roxbury,  50. 
Rnmball,  Daniel,  106. 
Rasher,  Nem,  288. 
Rushlow,  George,  193. 
*Russell,Russel,  Capt., 
284. 

John,  84. 

Richard,  312. 
Ryerson,  Lizzie  C.,65. 

Saco,  Me.,  245. 
Sadler,  Anthony,  307. 
SafEyn,  John,  270. 

Saintbarb, ,  285. 

St.  John,  N.  B.,  162. 

Salem,  12,  70,  71,  102, 

103,   108-108,  145, 

146,  162,   280-282. 

Salisbury,      Stephen, 

164. 
Salisb  u  rv,  298-303, 305 , 

306,  308. 
Sallows,    Sallis,    Sal- 
loes,Sollas,  John, 
37,  41. 
Joseph,  41. 
Mary,  215,  216. 
Robert,  41,  215,  216. 
Robert,  jr.,  41. 
Thomas,  37. 

Salmon, Sallmon, , 

286. 
Percival,  286. 
Saltonstall,  Capt., 282. 
Nathaniel,  73. 

Samuels, ,  4. 

Edith,  5. 

Samuel,  1,  3-9,  20. 
Sanborne,    Sanborns, 
Izah      T  e  n  n  e  y 
(Howe),  65. 


Sanborne,  John,  298, 
305. 

John  R.,  65. 

Winborn,  196. 
Sanderson,     William, 
226. 

Sanden,  ,  81. 

Sanford, ,  119. 

Capt.,  116. 

Charles  B.,  123. 

Sandy, ,  285,  287. 

Sargent, ,  25. 

Hannah,  149. 

Mary,  301. 

William,    149,    299, 
300. 
Sarig,  Ruamah,  286. 
Satchwell,     Theophi- 
lus,  307. 

Savage, ,148,274. 

Savin, ,  96. 

Savory, ,  261. 

Sawver,  Sawer,  , 

36. 

Mary,  151. 
Scammon,      Richard, 
sr.,  307. 

Schanze, ,  5. 

Schuyler,  6en.,  94. 
Scoot,  Huldah,  286. 
Scores,  Sarah,  286. 
Scudder, ,  26. 

Dr.,  24. 
Seabrew  (negro),  223. 
Searle,    Sari,    Sarles, 

Sarll,  Saris,  , 

88,  285. 

Joseph,     284,    285, 
287. 

Sarah,  54. 
Sears, ,  287. 

Hester  (Howe)  Ma- 
son, 51. 

John,  51. 

Seegar, ,  286. 

Seetlan,  Jane,  286. 
Seldon,  Rebecca,  292. 
Selley,  Benoni,  152. 

Jemima,  152. 

Thomas,  152, 
Selman,  John,  84. 
Sewall,  John,  223. 

Margaret,  jr.,  202. 

Samuel,  84,  86,  168. 

Stephen,  72, 73, 206, 
207. 


Shaddock,      Shadok, 

,  287. 

Abiah,  291. 
Huldah,  291,  292. 

Sharpe, ,  31. 

Sheil,    Shall,    Sheal, 
Sheald,    Dr.,    24, 
31,  89,  92,  95. 
Shepard,     Susannah, 

146. 
Sherburne,       S  h  e  r  - 

bourne, ,  97. 

John  Samuel,  90. 
Sherman,  Capt.,  191. 
Charles  H.,  250. 
Jahaziel,    188,    190, 

191. 
James  S.,  188. 
Richard    W.,      189, 
190,  192. 

Sherwin. ,  54. 

Eleanor,  52,  53. 
Shippen,  Dr.,  24,  94. 
Showman,       Martin, 

287. 
ShufE,  Ellen  Augusta, 
154. 
Mary    M.    (Falch), 

164. 
William  L.,  154. 
Shumway,  Peter,  297. 
Shurtleff,  Betsey,  60. 
Siblee,  John,  211,  212, 

221. 
Silver,  Mary,  82. 
Silverdore,  Elizabeth, 

287. 
Silvester,  David,  87. 
Joshua,  82,  87. 
Rebecca      (Stacey), 

87. 
Sally  (Stacey),  87. 
Simmons,  Peter,  142. 
Simons,  William,  300. 
Simpson,      Sympson, 
David  W.,  181. 
Robert,  234. 
Sims,  Sarah,  287. 
Singletary,     Richard, 

298. 
Skelton,  Skilton,Deb- 
orah  (Howe),  51. 
Joseph,  51. 
Samuel,  168. 
Skillins, ,  291. 


334 


INDEX 


Skingle,  Judith  (Bur- 
nap),  238,  277. 
Richard,  238,  277. 
Skinner,  Dolly,  292. 

Hannah,  81. 
Small   &    Hatheway, 

144. 
Smart,    Robert,    301, 

304. 
Smethurst,      Joseph, 
312. 

Smith,    Smyth,   , 

24,  27,  31,  89,  96, 
287. 
Abner,  68. 
Benjamin,  213. 
Charlotte,  63. 
Dorothy,  224. 
Emma  F.,  46. 
Ephraim,  297. 
Fanny  (Hovre),  58, 
Isaac,  94. 
Jane  Adger,  68. 
Jemima,  224. 
Jeremiah,  164. 
John,  155,  234,  242, 

312. 
Joseph,  311. 
Joseph  L.,  250. 
Josiah,  224. 
Martha,  224. 
Olive,  155. 
Richard,  301. 
Rob,  297. 
Samuel,  152. 
Sarah,  145,  284. 
Stephen,  18. 
Smith  &  Dimon,  142. 
Smith   &    Townsend, 

120. 
Sneeden,  Samuel,  113. 
Snellin,  Abigail,  286. 
Snow,  J.  C,  65. 

Lydia  J.  (Howe),65. 
Somerby,  Abiel,  307. 
Anthony,  307,  808. 

Soring, ,  95. 

Soule,  Sprague  &  Co., 

181. 
South  Berwick,  Me., 

248. 
Southwick,    Souther- 
icke,  Southwark, 
Cyprian,  208. 
Isaac,  278. 
Sarah,  278. 


Spear,  Capt,,  119. 
Spear.  Lang  &    Dela- 
no, 113,  136. 
Spelman,    Israel,    M. 

248. 
Spence,  James,  287. 
Spofford  &   Tileston, 

16. 
Sprague,  Sheriff,  101. 
Sprague  «fc  Davis,  187. 
Sprague,  Soule  &  Co., 

181. 
Spring,  S.  E.,  133. 

Sprout, ,  29-31. 

Stably,  Mary,  292. 
Stacey,  Stacy,  Stasey, 

,  285. 

Capt.,  81,  83,  86-87. 
Benjamin,  292,  312. 
Ebenezer,  312. 
Elizabeth,  286. 
George,  82. 
Hannah,  82. 
Hannah    (Skinner), 

81  87 
John,  81-83,  311. 
Joseph,  312. 
Lucretia  Bourne,82. 
Nathaniel,  82. 
Penelope  (Hazard), 

82. 
Rebecca,  82. 
Rebecca  (MuUett), 

82,  86,  87. 
Richard,  81-87. 
Sally,  82,  87. 
Samuel,  312. 
Samuel,  jr.,  312. 
Sarah,  296. 
Stephen,  291,  292. 
Stacey  &  Glover,  83. 
Stack  &  Perrine,  22. 

Stanian, ,  302. 

John,  299,  303. 
Standley,        Stanley, 
Stanly,      George, 
100,  107. 
John,  302. 
Stanstead        Abbots, 
Eng.,     225,     226, 
228;  230,  231,  233, 
235-239,  266,    267, 
274-278. 

Stapels, ,  286. 

Hitty,  286. 


Steamboats,  etc. 
A.  W.   Perry,   178, 

179. 
Acadia,  141. 
Adelaide,  132. 
Adelaide  (ship),  17. 
Adirondack,  198. 
Admiral,  131-183. 
Admiral   Du   Pont, 

136,  137. 
Adventure  (brigan- 

tine),  288. 
Albany  (ship),  22. 
Alexander  Marshall 

(ship),  16. 
Alhambra,  143. 
Alliance,  119. 
American,  193. 
American       Eagle, 

187. 
Amethyst  (ship),13. 
Andrew      Foster 

(ship),  9,  10. 
Anglia,  180. 
Anglo- Am  e  r  i  c  a  d 

(ship),  14. 
Anglo-Saxon  (ship), 

14. 
Ann,  187. 
Anne  (sloop),  77. 
Arago,  21. 
Aranmore,  140. 
Aroostook,  186. 
Ashburton     (ship), 

17. 
Ashland,  182. 
Aviator  (schooner), 

181. 
Baltimore  (packet), 

21. 
Bayard  (ship),  20. 
Belfast,  123,  186. 
Belknap,  194,  195. 
Belle  (brig),  142. 
Belle   of  the  Isles, 

198. 
Belle  of  the  Wave, 

197. 
Benjamin  (brig),83. 
Benjamin      Adams 

(ship),  19. 
Benjamin  Franklin, 

181. 
Black  Ball  (packet), 

8. 


INDEX 


835 


steamboats,  etc. 
Boston,     122,     138. 

139,  193. 
Boston  (brig),  142. 
Boston  (ship),  13. 
Boston       Packet 

(ship),  11. 
Bostonian  (ship),14. 
Bristol        (  St  e  a  m 

yacht),  197. 
Brittania,    14,   140, 

141. 
BnennaTista(steam 

ship),  142. 
Bunker    Hill,    122, 

185,  186. 
Burlington,  191,192. 
Cairo  (ship),  14. 
Caledonia,  141. 
Cambridge,  117,118, 

120,  121. 
Calvin  Austin,   122, 

185,  136. 
Cambridge    (ship), 

16. 
Camden,  123,  186. 
Canada,  2,  193. 
Canada  (ship),  15. 
Carlotta,  134. 
Carolina,  178. 
Carolus        Magnus 

(ship),  22. 
Carroll,     143,    144, 

198. 
Cascapedia,  179. 
Castle  (ship),  148. 
Cathedral  (ship),14. 
Central      America, 

201. 
Champion   (vessel), 

284. 
Champlain,  189,193. 
Chariot     of    Fame 

(ship),  14. 
Charlemagne(ship), 

20,  21. 
Charles  Carroll 

(packet),  21. 
Charles  H.  Marshall 

(ship),  28. 
Charles       Pearson, 

187. 
Charles  River,  187. 
Charles       Sprague 

(ship),  19. 
Chase,  184. 


Steamboats,  etc. 
Chateaugay,  194. 
Chocorua,  196. 
Cimbria,  125. 
City  of  Bangor,  121, 

125. 
City  of  Bath,  182. 
City   of    Columbia, 

137. 
Citv  of  Key  West, 

119. 
City       of      Mobile 

(ship),  22. 
City    of    Portland, 

133. 
City  of  Portsmouth, 

125. 
City  of  Richmond, 

118,  119,  126. 
City    of    Rockland, 

121. 
City    of    Savannah 

II,  178. 
City  Point  144. 
Clermont,  188. 
Clover,  187. 
Columbia,  141,  180. 
Columbia  (ship), 16. 
Commerce,  143. 
Commodore,  132. 
Congress,  189. 
Connaught,  180. 
Constitution  (ship), 

16. 
Cossack,  132. 
Courrier    de    I'Eu- 

rope  (ship),  11. 
Cumberland,  134, 
Cyclone,  198. 
Daniel  Webster,113. 
Daniel         Webster 

(ship),  14. 
Danin,  187. 
David  Hoadley 

(ship),  23. 
Dav(rn,  136. 
Day  Spring,  187. 
Deptford  (ship),2C4. 
Deutschland  (ship), 

23. 
Devonshire    (ship), 

16. 
Dispatch,  187. 
DoUie  Dutton,  196. 
Dominion,  138. 
Doris,  183. 


Steamboats,  etc. 
Dorchester    (ship), 

14. 
Dove  (ketch),  75,76. 
Dover,  196. 
Dover  (ship),  13. 
Dreadnought 

(schooner),  83. 
Dreadnought(ship), 

1-10,  14. 
Driver  (ship),  9,  10. 
Duchesse  d'Orleans 

(ship),  21,  22. 
Eagle,  197. 
Eastern    City,   132, 

133. 
Eastern  State,  114, 

187,  138,  143. 
Edgemont,  135. 
Edward    H.    Blake 

(schooner),  127. 
Edward       Quesnel 

(ship),  20. 
Ellen,  187. 
Emerald  (ship),  13. 
Empire  (ship),  17. 
Equator,  183. 
Erie  (packet),  21. 
Evangeline,  178,179. 
F.  B.  Catting(ship), 

23. 
Fairbanks,  182. 
Fairy  Queen,  132. 
Falmouth,  134. 
Falmouth       (ship), 

208. 
Fidelia  (ship),  16. 
Florida,  177. 
Flying  Horse(sloop) 

78. 
Forest  City,  128. 
France  (packet),  21. 
Frances,  137. 
Francis  Saltus,  191, 

193. 
Frank  Jones,    119, 

126. 
Franklin,  21,  190. 
Fremont,  187. 
Fulton,  21. 
Gallia  (ship),  22. 
Garrick(ship), 16,17. 
Gazelle,  130. 
GeneralGreene,190. 
General      Jackson, 

142. 


386 


INDEX 


Steamboats,  etc. 
General  Knox,  114. 
General     Whitney, 

188. 
George  Leary,    117. 
George  M.  Bibb,124. 
George  Washington 

(ship),  16. 
Gilpin      (towboat), 

187. 
Glaucus,  183. 
Golden  Rod,  125. 
Governor,  132. 
Governor  Cobb,  122, 

135. 
Governor         Davis 

(ship),  14. 
Governor    Dingley, 

122, 136. 
Governor  Endicott, 

198. 
H.  F.  Dimock,   184, 

186. 
H.  M.  Whitney,122, 

184,  186. 
Halifax,  177-179. 
Halifax  (brig),   142. 
Hannah  (brig),  111. 
Harvard,  185. 
Harvest         Queen, 

(ship),  19. 
Helen  Mar(ship),20. 
Henry  (ship),  294. 
Henry  Clay  (ship), 

16. 
Henry  IV  (ship),20. 
Henry  Hoover,  187. 
Henry  Morrisonl25. 
Hercules  (ship),  16. 
Herman       Winter, 

184,  186. 
Hibernia,  180. 
Highflyer  (ship),  9, 

10. 
Horicon,  194. 
Hottingner    (ship), 

18. 
Humboldt,  21. 
Hunter,  144. 
Huntress,  131,  247. 
Huron     (towboat), 

187. 
Ida  Miller,  187. 
Independence(8hip) 

18. 
Independence  (tow- 
boat),  8. 


Steamboats,  etc. 
Industry  (ship),  83. 
Isaac  Webb  (ship), 

16. 
Isaac  Wright(ship), 

22. 
J.  T.  Morse,  123. 
Jacob   Bell    (ship), 

22. 
James  Barton,  187. 
James  Bell,  196. 
JamesCaldwell,194. 
James   Foster,    Jr. 

(ship),  22. 
James  H.  Whitney, 

122. 
James       Munroe 

(ship),  16. 
James    R.  Hacker, 

193. 
James  S.  Whitney, 

184,  186. 
James  Wright(ship) 

18. 
Jenny  Lind,  195. 
Jersey  Blue,  182. 
John  Brooks,  128. 
John  Eliot  Thayer 

(ship-),  14. 
John  Jay,  194. 
Joseph  Boss,  187. 
Joshua  Bates  (ship) 

14. 
Kanawha,  124. 
Kangaroo,  17. 
Katahdin,  113,  117, 

118,  120. 
Kate  Hunter  (ship), 

19. 
Key  West,  183. 
Lady  of  the  Lake, 

195. 
La  Grande  D  u  c  h  - 

esse,  178, 179. 
Lamprey,  198. 
Lancaster  (ship), 23. 
Larchmont,  135. 
Lewiston,  119,  121. 
Leviathan    (steam- 
tug),  2. 
Lexington,  199,  200. 
Linda,  138. 
Little      Buttercup, 

124. 
Liverpool  (ship), 13. 
Loch   Earn    (ship), 

23. 


Steamboats,  etc. 
London  Packet 

(ship),  11. 
Long    Island,     126, 

196. 
Louis    Philippe 

(ship),  21. 
Lowell  (ship),  13. 
Lucy  P.  Miller,  124. 
Lucy       Thompson 

(ship),  19. 
M.  Y.  Beach,  247. 
Macdonongh,  190. 
Maid  of  Erin,  132. 
Maid   of    the  Isles, 

197. 
Marechal    de    Cas- 
tries (ship),  11. 
Marmion  (ship),  19. 
Mary  Sanford,  182. 
Massachusetts,  122, 

185,  186. 
Massasoit,  128. 
May  Field,  125. 
May  Flower  (sloop), 

203. 
Mayflower,  196. 
Menemon   Sanford, 

114-117. 
Mercury     (packet), 

21. 
Merrimack,  143,144. 
Metis,  183. 
Miami,  182. 
Milton  Martin,  119. 
Mineola,  197. 
Minna  Schiffer 

(brigantine),  180. 
Minnehaha,  194. 
Mississippi,  144. 
Moccasin,  124. 
Mohawk,  128. 
Mohican,  194. 
Montezuma  (ship), 

16,  17,  22. 
Monticello,  182. 
Montreal,  192,  193. 
Moosehead,  126. 
Mount  Desert,  120, 

123. 
Mount  Washington, 

197,  198. 
Mountaineer,  194. 
Nancey  (schooner), 

284. 
Naugatuck,  196. 


INDEX 


887 


steamboats,  etc. 
Nellie  (steam  yacht) 

197. 
Ne  Plus  Ultra(ship) 

28. 
Neptune,  182,  188. 
Neptune  (ship),  83. 
Nereus,  182,  183. 
New       Brunswick, 

183,  138. 
New  England,  118, 

138. 
New       England 

(ship),  13. 
New  World  (ship), 

22. 
New  York,  138. 
New    York    (ship), 

15,  19,  22. 
Newbury    (schoon- 
er), 88. 
Niagara  (ship),  19. 
Nonpareil      (ship), 

291. 
Nordamerica  (ship), 

23. 
North  America,  130, 

131,  141. 
North  Land,  140. 
Northland,  186. 
Norumbega,  126. 
Norwich,  127. 
Oakes  Ames,  193. 
Ocean         Monarch 

(ship),  14,  22. 
Oder  (ship),  19. 
Old     Colony,     122, 

185,  186. 
Old  Dominion,  184. 
Olivette,    127,    177- 

179. 
Oneida  (packet),  21. 
Ontario,  181. 
Orient  (ship),  16. 
Oriental,  143. 
Ossipee,  196. 
Our  Lady  of  Gasp6, 

179. 
Oxford  (ship),16,17. 
Pacific  (ship),  15. 
Packet  (ship),  12. 
Palestine  (ship),  16, 

18. 
Palladium     (ship), 

12,  13. 
Panther  (ship),  16. 


Steamboats,  etc. 
Parliament    (ship), 

14. 
Patrick       Henry 

(ship),  16. 
Pemaquid,  126. 
Pembroke  (schoon- 
er), 83. 
Pennsylvania(ship ), 

16. 
Penobscot,  120. 
Pentagoet,  124. 
Perseverance,  189. 
Phoenix,   114,    188, 

189. 
Pinafore        (steam 

yacht),  197. 
Plymouth  (ship),13. 
Portland,  124. 
Port  Pacquet(snow) 

83. 
Prince  Arthur,  139, 

140. 
Prince  Edward,139. 
Prince  George,  189, 

140. 
Propeller,  180. 
Providence,  200. 
Province        Galley 

(ship),  281. 
Queen  City,  125. 
Queen  of  the  West 

(ship),  17. 
Queen  Mab   (ship), 

20. 
R.  B.   Forbes  (iron 

towboat),  187. 
Racer,  (ship)  9,  10, 

14. 
Rangeley,  126. 
Red  Hill,  196. 
Relief,  138,  182. 
Relief  (steam  tow- 
boat),  187. 
Rhine  (ship),  19. 
Rhone  (packet),  21. 
Rochester  (ship), 17. 
Rockland,  113,  114, 

120. 
Romeo  (ship),  12. 
Roscius  (ship),  16. 
Roxmont,  198. 
Royal  Tar,  128-130. 
S.  J.  Mace,  187. 
Sable  Island,  181. 
Sagamore,  179,  194. 


Steamboats,  etc. 
St.  Croix,  135. 
St  George  (ship),9. 
St.  Patrick  (ship),9. 
St.Petersburg(ship) 

14. 
Saguenay,  118. 
Sally  (ship),  12. 
Saltus,  192. 
Salvor,  182. 
Sambro  Head,  179. 
Sapphire  (ship),  13. 
Sappho,  125,  126. 
Sarah  (barque),  15. 
Saranac,  191,  193. 
Saranac  (ship),  22. 
Scotia,  138. 
Scout,  144. 
Scud,  177. 
Sebenoa,  125. 
Sedgwick,  125. 
Seneca,  196. 
Shakespeare  (ship), 

16. 
Shawmut,  186. 
Siddons  (ship),  16. 
Sidon,  17. 
Sieur     des    Monts, 

126. 
Silver  Star,  125. 
Sir    John     Harvey, 

142. 
Sir    Robert     Peele 

(ship),  19. 
Somerset,  143. 
Southampton  (ship) 

16. 
StafCordshire(ship) , 

14. 
Star      of      Empire 

(ship),  14. 
State    of    Indiana, 

144. 
State  of  Maine,  134. 
Stephania  (ship),20. 
Swallow  Tail  (pack- 
et), 8. 
Swedish      Nightin- 
gale, 195. 
Switzerland  (ship), 

17. 
Sylvie     de    Grasse 

(ship),  21. 
Talleyrand    (ship), 

19. 
Teger  (vessel),  287. 


338 


INDEX 


Steamboats,  etc. 
Thetis,  183. 
Ticonderoga,  194. 
Ticonderoga  (sloop) 

188, 
Tillie,  124. 
Titanic,  201. 
Tonawanda  (ship), 

23. 
Topaz  (ship),  13. 
Transport,  187. 
Tremont,  125. 
Trenton  (ship),   13. 
Trimountain  (ship), 

22. 
Tuscarora(ship),23. 
Tuscarora  Il(ship), 

23. 
Uncle  Sam,  187. 
Unicorn,  140. 
United  States,    193. 
Utica  (packet),  21. 
Veto       (schooner), 

129. 
Vermont,  188,  189. 
Vermont  III,  194. 
Ville-du-Havre,  23. 
Virginian  (packet), 

18. 
Washington,  190. 
Washington   Irving 

(ship),  14. 
Waterloo  (ship),  19. 
Water  Witch,  191. 
Webster,  113. 
Webster  (ship),  16. 
Whitehall,  191. 
William     Caldwell, 

194. 
William  Tell  (pack- 
et), 21. 
William     Tibbetts, 

119. 
William  Young,200, 
Winchester    (ship), 

19. 
Winnipesaukee,  196 
Winooski,  191. 
Wm.  Sprague,   187. 
Worcester,  143,  144. 
Wyoming  (ship),23. 
Tale,  185,  186. 
Yarmouth,  138. 
Yorkshire      (ship), 

16,  17. 
Zurich  (ship),  19. 


Stetson,  Abel,  61. 

Adeline  (Howe), 61. 
Steuben,  Stuben, 

Baron,  88,  92. 
Stevens,     John,     84, 
301,  302. 

Sarah,  41. 

Timothy,  224. 
Stiles,  Ezra,  163. 

John,  297. 

Mary,  283,  284. 

Rachel  (Howe),  55. 

Rob,  297. 

Stephen,  55. 
Stockman,  John,  304. 

Sarah,  804. 
Stone,  Daniel,  108. 

Galen  L.,  121. 

John,  101,  109. 

Nathaniel,  48. 

Nathaniel,  sr.,  108. 

Susanna,  101. 
Storrow,  J.  W.,  12. 
Story, ,  94. 

Elisha,  86. 

Joseph,  83. 

William,  90. 
Stow,  Prudence,  63. 
Sttan,    Timothy,  292. 
Suffield,  Conn.,  282. 
Stuckley,  Capt.,  203. 

Charles,  204. 

Sturdivant, ,  119. 

Sturdivant    &    Ross, 

119. 
Sullivan, ,  91,  92. 

J.,  92. 

Patrick  J.,  46. 
Surriage,  see  Sarig. 
Swain,  Sweyne,  Jere- 
miah, 273,  280. 
Swan,  Benjamin,  54. 

Betsey  (Howe),   68. 

Henry,  216. 

Mary  E.,  46. 

Robert,  312. 

Sarah    (Howe),   54. 

William,  58. 

Sweeney, ,  7. 

Sweetland,    see  Seet- 

lan. 
Swett,  Sweat,  Swete, 
John,     222,    227, 
229. 

John,  sr.,  229. 

Joshua,  223. 


Swett,  Nicholas,  234 
Steven,  sr.,  301. 
William,  232. 
Swett  &  Wentworth 

196. 
Swinerton.     Hannah 
281,  283,  288. 
John,  281,  283,  288 
Mercy,  283. 
Sylvester,  see  Silves 

ter. 
Symmes,   Dorcas,  40 
47. 
Dorcas     (Bracken 

bury),  40. 
Zachariah,  40,  47. 
Symonds,  Samuel,  297 
Symonds,  see  also  Si- 
mons. 

Taft,  James,  181. 
Tant,  James,  297. 
Tapley,    Harriet    Sil- 
vester, 81. 
Taskcoe,  Taskco, 

Taskir, ,  291. 

John,  290,  312. 
Taylor,  Tailer,  Talar, 

Tayler, ,  100, 

285. 
Capt.,  29. 
Deborah,  98. 
Eben,  312. 
Edward,  169. 
William,  101. 
Tedd,  John,  305. 
Tedder,  Valentine,84. 
Tenney,  Tenny,Eben- 
ezer,  222. 
Eliphalet,  224. 
Judith,  58. 
Thomas,  223. 
Tenderden,  Eng.,  148. 
Tewkesbury,    Tukes- 
bary,    Tewxbery, 
Tuksbury,  Grace, 
291. 
Henry,  811. 
Sarah,  284. 
Thomas,  211. 
Thatcher's       Island, 

115,  116. 
Thaxter,  Samuel,  312. 
Thayer,  Capt.,  15. 
Rebecca  ( Howe), 57. 
Samuel,  57. 


INDEX 


339 


Thayer  &  Warren,  15. 
Thistle,  Thissell, 

Ebenezer,  215. 
Elizabeth,  215. 
Elizabeth,  jr.,  215. 
Jeffrey,  103,215,216. 
Mary,  216. 
Richard,    103,    211, 
213-216. 

Thompkins,  ,  95. 

Thompson,    Tomson, 

,  286. 

Capt.,  135. 
Jonathan,  312. 
Josiah,  222. 

Thorn, ,  222. 

Mercy,  222. 
Thorndike,Thorndik, 
Lt.,  100. 
Isaac, 45. 
John,  45,  49. 
Paul,  33,  40,  45,  47- 

49,  211,  212,  214. 
Paul,  jr.,  40. 
Thorpe,  Thomas,  265. 
Thurlow,  Moses,  224. 

Sarah,  224. 
Thyng,  Langdon,  195. 
Tileston  &  Spofford, 

16. 
Tishhow,Hannah,286. 
Todd,  Susan  Evelyn, 
67. 

Torrey,    Torey,  , 

92. 
John,  312. 
Tourland,Joshua,278. 
Townsend  &  Currier, 

1,  10. 
Townsend    &  Smith, 

120. 
Tozier,  Bryant,  68. 
Harriet  E.,  68. 
Winnie    Ann     (Pu- 
shaw),  68. 
Train,  Enoch,  14,  15. 
Traske,  W.,  218. 
Trefetheren,     Emily, 

65. 
Trefry,  John,  312. 
Trevett,  Treevie,  Tre- 
vie,  John,  311. 
Richard,  311. 
Sarah,  287. 
Tucker,  Andrew,  312. 
Ansil,  250. 


Tucker,  Benjamin,65. 

John,  80. 

Mary,  65. 
Tufts,  Otis,  187. 
Turner,  Maj.,  312. 

Angerone    (Howe), 
61. 

Charles  W.,  61. 

Elias,  292. 

Isaac,  811. 

John,  76. 

Tuttle, ,  286. 

Twisden,  Christopher 

312. 
Twitchell,  Adams,  58. 

Roxanna(Howe),58. 
Tyler,  Charles  H.,  46. 

Moses,  297. 

Upham, ,  163,164, 

167. 
CharlesWentworth, 

162. 
Cynthia  Bailey 

(Nourse),  168. 
Joshua,  162. 
Phineas,  163. 
William       Phineas, 
161,  163-173,  175. 

Uric, ,  26,  27. 

Urquhart,  W.  W.,  16, 
22. 

Vanderbilt,Cornelius, 

142. 
Vanderbury,  Col.,  95. 

Vanlore, ,  240. 

Veach,  Vetch,  Capt,, 

78,  79. 
Veazey,  Samuel,  250. 

Venn, ,  239. 

Veren,    Verrin,    Hil- 

liard,  278. 
Philip,  218. 
Vernon,  George,  272. 

Viall, ,  239. 

Vickary,  see  Wickery. 
Vose,Hannah(Howe), 

55. 
Moses,  55. 

Wade,     George    Gil- 
man,  69. 
Nellie  Elizabeth,69. 
Rachel  Agnes,  69. 


Wadleigh,  J.  S.,  196. 

Jonathan  B,,  2.50. 

Robert,  307. 

Wadsworth,  ,  27, 

30,  94. 
Waite,  Wayte,   Rich- 
ard, 300. 

Samuel,  85. 
Waldron,  John,  312. 

Joseph,  311. 
Walker,       Elizabeth, 
103,  104. 

John,  103,  104. 

Richard,  149. 

Thomas,  234. 

William,  195,  196. 

Wallet, ,  232,  266. 

Walter, (Wal- 
ker?), 234. 
Walthour,  Andrew, 63. 

Ann  (Hoffmire),  63. 

Sarah  Ann,  63. 
Walton,  Nathaniel,72. 
Ward,  Col.,  91. 

Gen.,  93,  96. 

Arte  mas,  24,  25. 

Mary,  282. 

Sarah,  153. 

Thomas,  153,  303. 
Warden,  Eliakim,298. 
Ware,  Eng.,  230,  235, 
237,  238. 

Warner,  ,  80,  32, 

96,  97. 
Warren, ,  96. 

Dr.,  93. 
Warren  &  Co.,  15. 
Warren  &  Thayer,  15. 
Wasgatt,  Tyler,  118. 
Washington,  Gen.,  26, 
89,91. 

George,  294. 

Waterhouse ,  225. 

Waters,  Mary,  72. 
Watson,       Abraham, 
282. 

John,  147. 

Marston,  86. 

William,  297. 
Watton,  Eng.,  240. 
Wayne,  Gen.,  25. 
Weare,Nathaniel,  300. 
Webb,  Isaac,  18. 

William  H.,  16,  18, 
23. 


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INDEX 


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Webber,  Webbar, , 

284. 
Samuel,  312. 
Seth,  12. 
Stafford,  283. 

Webster, ,  89. 

Daniel,  113. 
J.,  31. 

Jonathan,  89. 
Wellch,  Deborah,287. 
Wells,  Benjamin,  284, 
292. 
Neddy,  292. 
Wem,  Eng.,  293,  295. 

Wendell, ,  168. 

Oliver,  163. 

Sarah,  163. 

Wenham,  213. 

Wentworth, ,  162. 

Harry  L.,  197. 
Wentworth  &  Brown, 

197. 
Wentworth  &  Swett, 
196. 

West, ,  210,  212. 

'     Capt.,  209,  218. 
Christian,  219. 
Elizabeth,  219. 
Hannah,  219. 
John,  212,  217-219. 
Mary,  219. 
Mary  (alias  Martin), 

212,  213. 
Ruth,  219. 
Thomas,       211-213, 
217-222,   245,  259. 
Wilkes,  219. 
West  Indies,  111. 
Westervelt,  Jacob  A., 

18. 
Wetherbee,    Nathan- 
iel, 54. 
Submit  (Howe),  54. 

Wheatland, ,  145. 

Dr.,  161,  168. 
Henry,  169. 
Wheden,  Charles,811. 
Wheeler,     Wheallar, 
Wheler,      Grace, 
285. 
J.  P.,  131. 
John,  228,  308. 
Wheelwright,    John, 

298. 
Whipple,  Gen.,  24,  28. 


White,   ,    25,   31, 

92  287. 

John,  12,  284,  312. 

Joseph,  312. 

Nathan,  284. 

Paul,  301. 

Whitehorn, ,  6,  7. 

Whitirel, ,  284. 

Whitlock,      William, 

jr.,  22. 
Whitnall,     Whytnall, 
John,. 227. 

Robert,  230. 

William,  234. 
Whitney,  H.  M.,    181. 

Henry  M.,  184. 

James  S.,  181. 

Whittier,    ,    167, 

168. 

Isaac,  222. 
Whittle,  Clara  Isabel 
(Howe),  66. 

Minot  L.,  66. 
Whittredge,      Whitt- 
tridge,     Thomas, 
49,  220. 

Whitwell,   ,    235- 

287. 

William,  284. 
Wythe,  George,  88. 

Wiat,  ,  31,  90. 

Wiborne,       Wilburn, 
Elizabeth,148,149. 

James,  149. 

John,  149. 

Jonathan,  149. 

Mary  (Felch),  149. 

Nathaniel,  149. 

Thomas,  148,  148. 
Wickery,  Sarah,  284. 
Wiggin,       Augustus, 
197. 

Thomas,  306. 
Willard,Catherine,64. 

Josiah,  64,  312. 

Prudence    (Morse), 
64. 
Williams, ,  240. 

Capt.,  91. 

Anthony,  41. 

Caroline  F.,  46. 

Edward,  151. 

Enoch  S.,  261. 

Jane,  292. 

John,  36,  48,  100. 


Williams,  John,    sr., 

37,  48. 
Mary,  41. 
Roger,  168. 
Thomas  L.,  259. 
Williams  &  Guion,  16, 

17. 
Williamson,     G.     C, 
293,  296. 

Willix,  ,  299. 

Belshazzer,  305. 

Willowby, ,  288. 

Wilmington,  242,  244. 
Wills,  Wils,  Pen,  284. 
Sarah,  284. 

Wilson, ,  31,  286. 

Annie      Josephine, 

68. 
Grace,  286. 
Jessie    (Woodrow), 

68. 
John,  180. 
Joseph  Ruggles,  68. 
Joseph  Ruggles.jr., 

68. 
Marion     Woodrow, 

68. 
Woodrow,  68. 

Wimon,  ,  284. 

Wimons,  James,    188. 

John,  188. 
Winchester,       Capt-, 

133,  135. 
Winsly,  Ephraim,302, 
308. 
Mary,  302,  308. 
Samuel,  298,  302. 
Winsor,  Thomas,  187. 

Winthrop, ,  169. 

Withington,Elijah,59. 
Hannah,  59. 
Mary,  59. 
Wodden,        Wooden, 

,  286. 

Peter,  109. 
Woldrig,       Woldreg, 

Wolldrig, ,285, 

286. 
Sarah,  284. 
Wolfe,  Peter,  39. 

Wood,   Woods,    , 

81,  91,  93. 
Daniel,  297. 
John,  261. 
Josias,  238. 


INDEX 


341 


Wood,  Lucy,  68. 
Thomas,  312. 
William,  72,  73, 205- 

207.' 

Woodbridg, ,  290. 

Woodbury,        Wood- 

bery,Woodberrie, 
Woodberry,Wood- 

bery, ,  39,105. 

Capt.,  45. 
Abigail,  214. 
Anna,  216. 
Benjamin,    210-213, 

216. 
David,  42. 
Deborah     (Tailer), 

98. 
Elisha,  46. 
Elizabeth,  103,  104. 
Grace,  34. 
Humphrey,  39,  40, 

42. 
Isaac,  36,  40,  44,100. 
Isaac,  jr.,  41. 


Woodbury,  Isaac,  sr., 

41,  45,  108. 
Joseph,     211,    219, 

220,  222. 
Joshua,  108. 
Josiah,  42,  110. 
Mary.   41,   46,    212, 

213. 
Nicholas,    36,    100, 

105,  214,  216. 
Nicholas,  sr.,  103. 
Richard,  42. 
Robert,  45, 107, 108, 

212. 
Sarah,  42. 
Thomas,  35,   38-41, 

43-45,  47,  98,   105, 

108. 
William,  42,  103. 
Woodman,      Edward, 

sr.,  807,  308. 
Joshua, 302. 
Woodrow,  Jessie,  68. 


Worcester,     Francis, 
223. 
Hannah,  223. 
Moses,  305,  306. 
William,  306,  306. 
Wormstead,      Sarah, 
291. 

Wormstill,  Capt.,  284. 

Wright, ,  304. 

E.,  jr.,  131. 

Wyman,  see  Wiraan. 

Yardley,    Eng.,     265, 

278. 
Yonng,  Yonge,  Ellen, 

240. 
George,  240. 
Hannah      (Ashby), 

146. 
John,  240. 
Nathaniel,  240. 
Thomas,  240. 


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